You're drawn first to new places and things you've never done, and in those places your senses get sharper.
So when you travel, you remember even the smell and the light of an alley everyone else walked past, and you hold on to that feeling for a long time.
Friends know you as sensitive and curious. But new things also wear you out easily, so the day after you've been excited, your mood can drop a long way.
What you're good at
You find meaning in things others pass by without a thought. Because you take in new things so keenly, even when you've been through the same thing as everyone else, the story you tell about it is far more vivid.
What you often hear
- “You feel everything, don't you?”
- “You get so excited, and then you crash again.”
What wears you out
Too many new things at once is more than you can take. You dove in because you were drawn to it, but when there's more to take in than you can handle, a part of you thinks, 'Okay, that's enough,' and a good experience turns into exhaustion all at once.
For the people around you
You keep making new experiences and feelings with the people close to you. But because your mood rises and falls so much, the other person can get tired too, trying to keep up with your highs and lows.
Worth trying
Keep the day after something new empty on purpose. You need time to sort through what you took in; then the same experience becomes a memory that stays with you instead of exhaustion.