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HSP – A Highly Sensitive Sobriety

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Does being sober make you an HSP, or are HSPs just more likely to drink in the first place? It’s the ultimate chicken-or-the-wine-glass scenario.


In this emotionally flammable episode, Vic and Hamish dive headfirst into the weird world of the Highly Sensitive Person – a personality trait that affects 15–20% of people and, as it turns out, possibly 100% of sober awkward podcast hosts.


Are you the kind of person who cries at Bluey, avoids loud pubs, or needs a lie down after a trip to IKEA? Do you feel the vibes of a room before you’ve even taken your coat off? Do toilet paper adverts make you weep? Then you mightjust be one of us.


Vic realises she’s been diagnosed with just about everything but scurvy, and Hamish confesses his secret talent for emotional sponge-mode. Together, they unpack what it means to feel everything, all the time, especially once the numbing power of booze is removed.


Expect:

– Tangents about crying in supermarkets

– The healing power of chocolate pretzels

– A touching tale of being lost in the Himalayas

– And a surprisingly heartwarming conclusion about how being sensitive might actually be your secret superpower


So, are we all just too sensitive, or finally learning how to feel?

And is sobriety turning us into HSPs… or just helping us discover we always were?


Plug in, get comfy, and let the awkward feelings commence.


🎧 Show Notes


For more information on Clean Slate just head to www.cleanslateclinic.com


💛 Resources & Links


📘 Victoria’s memoir – A Thousand Wasted Sundays

A brutally honest and hilarious look at motherhood, anxiety, and ditching the booze.

👉 Buy the book here


🎧 Listen to more Sober Awkward episodes

👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/4qXlSc9lDGStYLeYIjrWPH?si=7eea2d3fd3ed4998


🫖 Join The Cuppa Community

Our private, supportive online space for sober folk

👉 www.cuppa.community


📘 Get the Sober Awkward Guide

Our downloadable toolkit for ditching booze the awkward way.

👉 The Sober Awkward Guide


📱 Follow us for daily sober fun:

Instagram: @soberawkward

TikTok: @soberawkward

Facebook: Sober Awkward Community for Women


🚨 Helplines & Support


🇦🇺 Australia

Alcohol & Drug Foundation (ADF) – 1300 85 85 84

Lifeline – 13 11 14 (24/7 crisis support)

Hello Sunday Morning / Daybreak Apphellosundaymorning.org


🇬🇧 UK

Drinkline (NHS) – 0300 123 1110

Alcoholics Anonymous UKwww.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk


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Does being sober make you an HSP, or are HSPs just more likely to drink in the first place? It’s the ultimate chicken-or-the-wine-glass scenario.


In this emotionally flammable episode, Vic and Hamish dive headfirst into the weird world of the Highly Sensitive Person – a personality trait that affects 15–20% of people and, as it turns out, possibly 100% of sober awkward podcast hosts.


Are you the kind of person who cries at Bluey, avoids loud pubs, or needs a lie down after a trip to IKEA? Do you feel the vibes of a room before you’ve even taken your coat off? Do toilet paper adverts make you weep? Then you mightjust be one of us.


Vic realises she’s been diagnosed with just about everything but scurvy, and Hamish confesses his secret talent for emotional sponge-mode. Together, they unpack what it means to feel everything, all the time, especially once the numbing power of booze is removed.


Expect:

– Tangents about crying in supermarkets

– The healing power of chocolate pretzels

– A touching tale of being lost in the Himalayas

– And a surprisingly heartwarming conclusion about how being sensitive might actually be your secret superpower


So, are we all just too sensitive, or finally learning how to feel?

And is sobriety turning us into HSPs… or just helping us discover we always were?


Plug in, get comfy, and let the awkward feelings commence.


🎧 Show Notes


For more information on Clean Slate just head to www.cleanslateclinic.com


💛 Resources & Links


📘 Victoria’s memoir – A Thousand Wasted Sundays

A brutally honest and hilarious look at motherhood, anxiety, and ditching the booze.

👉 Buy the book here


🎧 Listen to more Sober Awkward episodes

👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/4qXlSc9lDGStYLeYIjrWPH?si=7eea2d3fd3ed4998


🫖 Join The Cuppa Community

Our private, supportive online space for sober folk

👉 www.cuppa.community


📘 Get the Sober Awkward Guide

Our downloadable toolkit for ditching booze the awkward way.

👉 The Sober Awkward Guide


📱 Follow us for daily sober fun:

Instagram: @soberawkward

TikTok: @soberawkward

Facebook: Sober Awkward Community for Women


🚨 Helplines & Support


🇦🇺 Australia

Alcohol & Drug Foundation (ADF) – 1300 85 85 84

Lifeline – 13 11 14 (24/7 crisis support)

Hello Sunday Morning / Daybreak Apphellosundaymorning.org


🇬🇧 UK

Drinkline (NHS) – 0300 123 1110

Alcoholics Anonymous UKwww.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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