For years, self-care has been marketed as bubble baths, productivity planners, morning routines, and “pushing through” discomfort in the name of growth. We’re told to wake up earlier, move harder, socialize more, and optimize every moment of our lives. But if you’re highly sensitive, an empath, or neurodivergent, that version of self-care can feel exhausting at best…and harmful at worst. For many of us, the problem isn’t that we’re “bad at self-care.” It’s that the advice was never designed with our nervous systems in mind. Sensitive nervous systems need different care Highly sensitive people, empaths, and neurodivergent individuals often process…
