Highly sensitive people (HSPs), people with sensory processing sensitivity, are characterized by heightened emotional sensitivity and increased reactivity to both external and internal stimuli.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Highly sensitive people (HSPs), or people with sensory ...

For most people, the activities of daily life — commuting to and from work, running errands, having dinner with friends — are just part and parcel of being in the world. But for those with sensory ...

People sometimes describe themselves as “too sensitive” in ways that suggest a flaw or deficiency. Yet modern psychology paints a very different picture. Emotional sensitivity, the tendency to feel, ...

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In 1997, psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, which has been used to measure a trait called sensory-processing sensitivity. Aron categorized people with high ...

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