Hey human angel, take care of yourself!
By Marisa Evelo, December 2009

Santa Claus - for the highly senstive people

Every year on the day Santa Claus would bring his presents Yvonne, as a child was very, very nervous. She was so nervous she had to lay down on the couch because her belly was hurting like hell. Of course her brothers and sister thought she was a wimp. They thought she was making the whole thing up!

Well, part, a small part, of her nervousness was hers. But most of her nervousness were sensations she sensed from the people around her. Her brothers, sister and even her mother. Because she was a highly sensitive child she could sense these sensations of nervousness belonging to the people around her.
Her mother also was highly sensitive, that is why she also felt nervous. She sensed the nervousness of all of her children. She knew what Yvonne was going through. She experienced the same thing as a child. That was why she herself was a little bit nervous too.
Yvonne and her mother didn’t know they were highly sensitive and therefore were able to sense the nervousness of other people. Nobody had ever told them. They didn’t know things could work this way. So  they labeled all these sensations that actually belonged to other people as theirs.
And there Yvonne was, groaning on the sofa. Yvonne hated Santa Claus, the presents were okay, but she’d rather not have them so she wouldn’t have to feel this bad.

If you have a child that is this extraordinarily nervous for events like Santa Claus, you may consider this child as being highly sensitive. Of course all of the  nervousness can belong to this child. But if this child is highly sensitive you can help them to differentiate between what is theirs and what is not. To not label everything like it’s theirs

You can explain in an easy, playful way that sometimes what you sense is not actually yours. You can tell them this story about a rainy day: when it’s raining you can see it’s raining. But watching it doesn’t make you wet. You can hear and sometimes even smell the rain. But you still are not wet. You can watch people walking in the rain, smell their wet coats. But you are not wet. When you start walking in the rain, only than you will become wet.
In this example highly sensitive people tend to feel wet, when they sense rain is in the air. In many different ways they sense the rain, label it like it’s theirs and then start feeling wet!

It’s no problem to be this sensitive. You are able to sense a lot more than the non-highly sensitive people. This is perfectly okay, it even can be fun!! The problem is labeling the things you sense as yours. Then you start wearing the wet clothes from other people and slowly drown.

Now Yvonne is a grown up  and of course still a highly sensitive person. She enjoys Santa Claus, the presents, the love and joy of Christmas. She notices sometimes the nervousness of children, waiting for their presents. But she is now able to only sense these sensations, running down her spine. She doesn’t label them like they are hers. She simply senses them and then, without any attachment, she will let go!!

Have lots of wonderful December celebrations, let the sensation simply run through you, don’t become attached and connect with the love in your heart!!

See you all in 2010, I hope you can give it many magical moments! Mmm……….

Love and Light,

Marisa

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