I used to feel guilty about this aspect of myself as I've mentioned before. It felt like a failing. But maturity and learning have helped. I think reading the book, "The Highly Sensitive Child" closed the last big door on my doubts over that aspect of myself. It helped me see that this is just my personality from a psychological perspective and that to help E with that same personality, I should model confidence and peace with it. I think it wasn't a coincidence that I used to yearn for the simpler routine of Laura Ingalls Wilder, or that growing up on a forested mountain top suited me so well.
And don't get me wrong. It's worth it to step outside myself regularly for awesome experiences. But I guess all this is just to say that after having E, I finally learned (out of sheer necessity!) to save myself. I try to avoid my "triggers" for anxiety and only take on what I can. Thus why I am not on twitter, why I don't participate in FB games, and why I can have long absences from blogging. My natural, peaceful existence is a more quiet, self contained one. When I have an explosion of outside involvement, it's because something (often stress) has driven me there.
And there's your long ass version of the, "I haven't been blogging post."
Tell me more about how you process. I'm genuinely curious about how most people work through this hyper input world.
Sensitive Sally
If you know me at all, then you know that it's no secret that I can be easily overwhelmed and that I shut down with too much input. It's not that I'm not intelligent enough to take it in. It's that my brain bounces ideas and images around like a ping pong match. It can be hard for me to find peace and focus. And lately, when I have the rare quiet moment just for me, I've felt more like finishing projects that require my whole attention or curling up in a chair in the sunlight and reading a book than getting too involved online. And if you know me, you also know that I run with my gut instincts.