posted March 31, 2010 04:29 PM            

Anomalously Sensitive Person

More than five million Americans are "Anomalously Sensitive Persons (ASPs)". An Anomalously Sensitive Person exhibits uncommonly high levels of sensitivity, not only in the emotional realm, but also in the physiological, cognitive, altered states of consciousness and transpersonal ("metaphysical," "paranormal," or "psychic") realms as well. These characteristics are essentially the same characteristics that identify those who, in New Age parlance, are spoken of as "Star Children," "Crystal Children," "Indigo Children," or "Walk Ins." Whatever the label might be, the book "The H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P." is a tribute to these highly sensitive persons.

Many of history's great artists, scientists and humanitarians, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Pablo Picasso, Eleanor Roosevelt, Mother Theresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Frank Lloyd Wright, as evidenced by distinctive features in their lives and work, were probably anomalously sensitive persons.

An Anomalously Sensitive Person can have her/his sensitivity manifest in many different ways: in the physiological realm as immune/auto-immune disorders, environmental sensitivity, or sensory hypersensitivity; in the cognitive realm as attention deficit disorder, learning disorders, or memory disorders; in the emotional realm as depression, bipolar disorder, or heightened empathy; in the altered states of consciousness realm as creativity, dissociation, or sleep disorders; and in the Transpersonal Experiences realm as Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP), Psychokinesis (PK), Out-Of-Body Experiences (OOBE), Trance Channeling, or Kundalini Arousal. The traits of the Anomalously Sensitive Person, which originate in the structure and chemistry of the brain, have important psychological, medical, educational and social implications. While persons who are highly sensitive may have a variety of psychological and physical difficulties, including decreased life expectancy, simplistic attempts to correct this condition may be at the expense of undermining potential genius.

Drawing on vivid case histories and concrete data generated by testing hundreds of people with an innovative questionnaire, David Ritchey investigates the links between a person's sensitivity and a host of other factors related to biology ("nature"), history ("nurture") and temperament ("personality"). He explores the origins of anomalous sensitivity, discusses its pitfalls and possibilities, explains how to turn it into a vital asset, and makes the world of the ASP comprehensible.

Combining ten years of solid scientific research with fifteen years of clinical insight, Ritchey's persuasive, leading-edge work in the field of transpersonal psychology carries the reader to the frontiers of higher consciousness and human potential. This is a thought-provoking, life-changing book that has profound significance for the ultimate comprehension of the nature of the human spirit.
http://www.hissofasp.com/

The ASP Project arose out of David Ritchey's experience as a clinical hypnotherapist. His clients came to him to explore the use of hypnosis for dealing with a variety of issues including childhood abuse, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), autoimmune disorders, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), depression, environmental sensitivity, fibromyalgia, learning disorders, and trauma. Many of these clients, while in an altered state of consciousness, experienced (or reported having experienced at another time) such things as alien encounters, Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP), Out-Of-Body Experiences (OOBE), past lives, Psychokinesis (PK), and trance channeling.

He observed, on a purely anecdotal basis, that those who reported having such Transpersonal Experiences (TPE) seemed to have a higher than expected incidence of multiple births (twins/triplets/etc.), hypopigmentation (red/blond hair, blue/gray eyes), non-right-handedness (left-handed or ambidextrous), introverted (versus extraverted) social orientation, and intuitive (versus sensate) mode of perception. His curiosity piqued, he developed a questionnaire, later known as the "Holistic Inventory of Stimulus Sensitivities (HISS)" to determine if those people who report Transpersonal Experiences are truly different (in other ways) from those who don't. Several years (and hundreds of completed questionnaires) later, he had his answer - they are. These people are more sensitive in almost every way imaginable, and a variety of factors - biological ("nature"), historical ("nurture"), and temperamental ("personality") - predispose them to those sensitivities. http://www.hissofasp.com/aboutbook.htm

Selected H.I.S.S. Findings
Selected H.I.S.S. Findings | A Tale of ASPness | Humor | Reviews

1. Various factors including Biology ("nature"), Trauma and Abuse ("nurture") and Temperament Type Preferences ("personality") can predispose an individual to be an Anomalously Sensitive Person (ASP).

2. If an individual is anomalously sensitive in one realm (the "Physiological," for example), s/he is very likely to be anomalously sensitive in the other realms ("Cognitive," "Emotional," "Altered States of Consciousness" and "Transpersonal Experiences") as well.

3. The Anomalously Sensitive Person is likely to: be female, be hypopigmented (blond hair/blue eyes), be Non-Right-Handed (left-handed or ambidextrous), be artists, be born as one of a set of twins/triplets/etc. and have an other-than-conventionally heterosexual sexual orientation.

4. The Anomalously Sensitive Person is likely to: have an Introverted (rather than Extraverted) Orientation, have a preference for an Intuitive (rather than Sensate) mode of Perceiving and have a preference for a Feeling (rather than Thinking) mode of Judging.

5. The Anomalously Sensitive Person is likely to: have unusually sensitive immune systems, be highly reactive/responsive to sensory stimuli, exhibit learning/attention styles that differ from the norm, be very attuned to the emotions of both themselves and others, be especially facile at accessing Altered States of Consciousness and to frequently have Transpersonal ("metaphysical," "paranormal," "psychic") Experiences.

6. The HISS data support the position of those negativists who hold that anomalous sensitivity is indicative of temporo-limbic epilepsy. The HISS data also support the position of those positivists who hold that anomalous sensitivity is indicative of kundalini arousal. The HISS data also support those who have no position and hold that anomalous sensitivity is indicative of anomalous sensitivity.
http://www.hissofasp.com/hissfindings.htm

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Raymond

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Raymond

Supporting the Neurodiversity Movement

A Different Mind Is Not A Deficient Mind.

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