On my journey to self-awareness and personal development, I went on to learn about the common experiences of the Highly Sensitive Person (15-20% of the population) or what is scientifically known as the Sensory Processing Sensitivity trait. This normal trait describes people with increased sensitivities physically, emotionally and/or socially. Strengths include empathy, observation skills, intuition, and creativity. Challenges include feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, avoiding conflict, and over thinking.

In a time when we can find out what's going on in the world, who ate what for dinner, who’s dating who and see the latest pictures of someone's exciting vacation all with the click of a button, it’s hard to imagine any down side to social media. Social media keeps us connected not only to people we see on a regular basis but those who we don’t. Social media also allows us to be engaged with online communities. However, despite the lightning-fast speed that we can receive information there can be some downsides to our mental health.