How Anouk (Projector) manages high sensitivity

Where Anouk felt stuck

Anouk worked in an open-plan office in the city. The underground every morning, noise and screens every day. Completely drained in the evenings and irritable with her partner.

She thought something was wrong with her nervous system.

What stood out in the chart

As a Projector with six open centres, Anouk literally absorbs the energy of everyone around her. Much of what she feels is not hers.

Emotional authority calls for sitting through the wave before deciding; she often wanted to resign immediately during a low.

What Anouk started doing differently

• Agreed to work from home two days a week, only attending the office when genuinely necessary.
• Spent 20 minutes alone every evening to 'shake off' other people's energy (a walk or shower).
• Waited at least a week before major decisions.

What changed

Overstimulation decreased by 70 per cent within two months.

Her relationship became calmer because she came home as herself, not as a sponge for the office.

What you can take away from this

'Highly sensitive' is sometimes not a personality trait but a setting. When your environment changes, your sensitivity changes with it.