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Summary: Helped at last!
Review: As a very sensitive person myself, I can say that Dr.Mesich's book made more sense to me than nearly any other "self help" book I have ever read! And I have ready many. High sensitivity is a little known trait and many suffer because they do not understand it, nor realize that is is a gift.. and that they actually have a truly special gift of empathy. A lot of things I never understood about myself suddenly became clear to me as I read this book. I also used the flower essence that Dr. Mesich recommended and they have helped. I would highly recommend this book to ANYONE who suffers from depression, or any related condition. One does not need to suffer... but only needs to understand the gift of sensitivity and empathy.
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Summary: Excellent book on sensitivity!
Review: Dr. Mesich's book is an excellent read on emotional sensitivity. Sensitivity has haunted me most of my life. Rarely have I viewed it as a positive thing. When you don't understand it and work with it, it can be a very devastating thing. This is one of the first books I've ever read that provided sensitivity examples so closely and exactly similar to my own! Sensitivity is something you can only understand by personally experiencing it. There are many people who don't believe that emotional sensitivity is truly an issue and likely that is because they don't allow themselves to tune into their own emotional capacity or their sensitivity may not be as strong as others. Do not read this book unless you're aware that you are a very sensitive person and you're looking for some guidance on how to work with your sensitivity. I believe there are various levels of sensitivity and depression and depending where you are on this continuum this book may or may not help you. If you are so depressed that you feel you can not help yourself than you should probably seek professional guidance before you seek guidance from any book. Meditation, flower essences, and learning to work with what you're feeling are excellent tools for dealing with emotional sensitivity. Have you ever noticed how modern medicine doesn't always solve life's problems? It only coats them so you don't have to deal with them. With the tools Dr. Mesich provides here you are able to deal with your problems and learn how to work with them-this isn't a book for people who want to live in denial. This is a book for people who want to learn how to deal with their emotional sensitivity. I found it very refreshing that there was a natural remedy in flower essences to help me work with my sensitivity. Thank you Dr. Mesich.
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Summary: The Sensitive Person's Survival Guide:
Review: Dr. Mesich's book was extremely helpful to me by providing a guide post for the incredible feelings that would pop up from nowhere. It has given me an anchor when those feelings come up to be able to tap into what is mine and what is outside of me. The flower essences that she recommends have been an adjunct in both grounding myself and clearing the anxiety and depression that pervaded my life.
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Summary: Finally a book that understands me!
Review: I had the oppertunity to meet Dr.Kyra Mesnich, and thanked her for writting a book that would and has helped so many.
I feel it is important in this day and age that we have the choice and opportunities to explore other avenues, Especially when it comes to being a sensitive person. I found this book gave me great insight and understanding of myself and others.
I have recommended this book to many of my friends and Chiropractor, all have found it to be very informative and helpfull in understanding sensitive people.
My husband read THE SENSITVE PERSON'S SERVIVAL GUIDE, and found it helped him to understand me on a much higher level.
Myself and many of my friends have found this to be a great reference guide.
I believe if you are open and truly want a book that will assist you in better understanding yourself and others, get this book.
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Summary: Regarding The Sensitive Person's Survival Guide and Dr Krya
Review: I had the pleasure of meeting Dr Krya Misich while taking one of her classes... that is where I heard about her books. Being a believer in the 6th sence I looked forward to getting this book.
I think it is a very good book for the beginner... even for those of us who has believed for quite awhile. Why shouldn't we?? The majority of us believe in God and we have never met him/her. Some people pick up on the sence more than others and I think Krya is one of those people! Therefore, I thoughly enjoyed reading what she had to say.
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Summary: Didn't know I was sensitive, but I was always sick.
Review: I would like to add my story to the other comments. I never thought that I was a highly sensitive person when I picked up this book, but I have been sick my entire life (migraines, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, etc. etc. etc.)and have tried just about everything to make my life less painful. I decided to try the primary flower essence of Yarrow, per Dr. Mesich's recommendation. Within 2 days I started noticing dramatic changes in my health. I mean, really bizarre and unexpected changes. For example, I have always suffered from night sweats, and they vanished. It was usually painful to take a shower and shampoo because my skin was too sensitive, and all of a sudden my skin no longer felt raw. I have always worn glacier sunglasses, because my eyes hurt, even on a cloudy day, and that symptom vanished also. I purchased some more of the "protection" flower essences she recommends, and each worked in a different way, but they made my health even stronger, I had more energy, I had less headaches, etc. It was only after my health improved that I was able to notice my extreme sensitivity to certain things, such as noise, and negative people. I had been so ill most of the time, that I didn't know what my triggers were. My health had simply been overwhelmed. I've made more physical progress in 3 months than in the last 20 years, and all because of this book. It would take pages to describe all the changes in my body and health that have happened, and are still happening. If you or anyone you know is perpetually ill with one thing or another, ***get this book and try it***.
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Summary: Didn't know I was sensitive, but I was always sick.
Review: I would like to add my story to the other comments. I never thought that I was a highly sensitive person when I picked up this book, but I have been sick my entire life (migraines, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, etc. etc. etc.)and have tried just about everything to make my life less painful. I decided to try the primary flower essence of Yarrow, per Dr. Mesich's recommendation. Within 2 days I started noticing dramatic changes in my health. I mean, really bizarre and unexpected changes. For example, I have always suffered from night sweats, and they vanished. It was usually painful to take a shower and shampoo because my skin was too sensitive, and all of a sudden my skin no longer felt raw. I have always worn glacier sunglasses, because my eyes hurt, even on a cloudy day, and that symptom vanished also. I purchased some more of the "protection" flower essences she recommends, and each worked in a different way, but they made my health even stronger, I had more energy, I had less headaches, etc. It was only after my health improved that I was able to notice my extreme sensitivity to certain things, such as noise, and negative people. I had been so ill most of the time, that I didn't know what my triggers were. My health had simply been overwhelmed. I've made more physical progress in 3 months than in the last 20 years, and all because of this book. It would take pages to describe all the changes in my body and health that have happened, and are still happening. If you or anyone you know is perpetually ill with one thing or another, ***get this book and try it***.
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Summary: A totally different perspective
Review: Many people are aware of the symptoms of depression, and the prevailing strategies to alleviate these symptoms. We are constantly being urged to ask our doctor to prescribe anti-depression medication. But this perspective only reinforces the idea that depression is a liability to be suppressed. Dr. Mesich offers a totally different perspective. Dr. Mesich has discovered that people who suffer from the symptoms of depression tend to be sensitive to the emotions of other people. In this book, Dr. Mesich challenges the reader to think of emotional sensitivity as a gift to be nurtured, and offers the reader several strategies to achieve this goal.
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Summary: Developing Positive Sensitivity
Review: The biggest question sensitive people have is, why are they so sensitive, why do they react so differently to the world than the "average" person? In her book, The Sensitive Person's Survival Guide, Dr. Kyra Mesich effectively tackles that question, and also provides information for living with the empathic abilities that are inherent in all of us. Based on her own personal experiences of debilitating sensitivity while working as a psychologist, she discovered that visualization, meditation and flower essence therapy are crucial components in the development of positive sensitivity and empathy. Dr. Mesich believes that sensitivity is an issue of our times; it touches all types of personalities, ages, economic levels--it crosses all boundaries, and is therefore confusing to psychologists and people in general. People who work as nurses, doctors, health practitioners, teachers, lawyers, counselors--all people who try to impact other people in a positive way--are especially susceptible to experiencing dysfunctional effects of empathy if they are not aware of the phenomenon. Additionally, emotional sensitivity is more often activated in situations with people who mirror our own emotional pain or psychological issues. By not understanding the nature of sensitivity, it can result in recurrent anxiety or depression. This book, containing actual case examples of empathic children and adults, provides valuable insight and explanations for many people who have not yet discovered the source of their emotional pain. Various chapters focus on how to ease empathy so it does not feel painfully overwhelming, how to be more aware of empathic communication--which will prevent confusion with one's own emotions--and how to positively develop empathy for the useful information it can provide. This is a very readable book containing illuminating, useful, and, for many people, comforting and healing information.
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Summary: A Must Read for Beginner Psychic Development
Review: The information in this book was right on. Dr. Mesich fills in all of the gaps for those of us who are teaching beginner psychic development. In my own experience, I have found what she says to be exact - I am emotionally sensitive which does concide with my psychic nature. They go hand in hand and are the same thing in some cases. Most who have developed their psychic abilities also talk about being very sensitive. I recommend this book to all who take my psychic development classes and have heard raving reviews from those who have read it. Thanks to Dr. Mesich for sharing her findings with us. We needed that!
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