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Being a Highly Sensitive Person Is a Scientific Personality Trait. Here’s What It Feels Like.

By Juli Fraga — 2019

Written off as an odd duck, no one mentioned that I was most likely a “highly sensitive person,” or HSP — someone with a sensitive nervous system who’s deeply affected by the subtleties in their environment.

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An Ode to Highly Sensitive People

I have never intentionally killed anything in my life. Not a gnat. Not a fly. Not a spider. I used to make my parents stop the car after it rained so I could move worms out of the road. I am terrified of spiders, but I always summon the courage to move them outside rather than kill them.

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Brandilyn Tebo
2018
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Getting Through Life as Highly Sensitive People Without Putting Out Our Flame

It took me about 26 years of blindly exploring the deepest pits of life to unfold the reality of who I’ve always been, with all the tragedy and great triumphs that came with having this personality. I am almost 30 now.

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Rasha Al Jabi
2019
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How to Thrive During the Holidays as an Empath, According to a Psychiatrist

The holiday season tends to fill calendars with social events and homes with out-of-town guests.

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Judith Orloff
2021
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Do You Cry Easily? You May Be a ‘Highly Sensitive Person’

“I keep tissues handy at all times,” says the 44-year-old engineer for an oil and gas company, who lives in Houston. Meet the Highly Sensitive Person, or HSP—someone who responds more intensely to experiences than the average individual.

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Elizabeth Bernstein
2015
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Finding Therapists as a Highly Sensitive Person

Things like loud noises, drastic temperature change, crowds, or emotionally-charged situations can create distress because your system becomes overstimulated. You might also find that you have a harder time healing after experiences that involve betrayal, loss, or rejection.

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Jodi Clarke
2020
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Is Your Child an Orchid, a Tulip or a Dandelion?

Michael Pluess says that highly sensitive children and people fall roughly into three groups: highly sensitive “orchids,” which are beautiful flowers that need very particular environments to thrive; hardy “dandelions,” which can grow virtually anywhere; and a middle group—the...

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Richard Schiffman
2020
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8 Ways Highly Sensitive People Make the World a Better Place

Highly sensitive people might be different from the general population, but they are different in a way that could be useful—and perhaps crucial—to the function of society.

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GoodTherapy.org Staff
2015
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Why Highly Sensitive People Make the Best Leaders, According to a Psychologist

Studies have shown that HSPs have more active mental circuitry and neurochemicals in areas related to attention, action-planning, decision-making, and having strong internal experiences.

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Melody Wilding
2020
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Highly Sensitive Person

According to psychologist Elaine Aron, Highly Sensitive Persons are a subset of the population who are high in a personality trait known as sensory-processing sensitivity.

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Psychology Today Content Team
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What Is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)?

While highly sensitive people are sometimes negatively described as being “too sensitive," it is a personality trait that brings both strengths and challenges.

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Elizabeth Scott
2020
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