QUOTE

FindCenter AddIcon
Quote Author Image
FindCenter Quotes Image

Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.

By bell hooks
Quote Author Image

bell hooks (1952–2021) was the pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins, MA, PhD, an American professor, social activist, feminist, author, and cultural critic. Her writing focused on the intersectionality of capitalism, gender, and race and their combined ability to perpetuate systemic institutions of oppression and injustice.

More bell hooks
FindCenter Video Image
08:59

Elaine Aron, PhD: How to Deal with the Crisis when you are a Highly Sensitive Person

In 1991 Dr. Elaine Aron identified the trait of high sensitivity. The trait occurs in 1 in 5 people and in over 100 other species. The foundation of the trait is DOES: HSPs are deep thinkers, they get easily overstimulated, have more empathy and notice subtleties more than others do.

Video
Elaine Aron
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image
03:19

HSPs in Relationships - Elaine Aron, PhD

HSPs come in different flavors: 70% are introverts, 30% are extraverts, and then there are sensation seekers. Here is how these differences affect your relationships.

Video
Elaine Aron
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Video Image

The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You

Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are “too sensitive”? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds? Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines...

Book
Elaine N. Aron
2001
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Despair