There are people— about 18 percent of the population actually— who are naturally highly sensitive people (HSPs)
Abby Delouya
Sensitivity can be confusing. We want others to be sensitive toward us, but don’t want to be accused of being too sensitive. Is it a good thing? A bad thing?
What triggers sensitivity? We know that people who have experienced trauma or hurtful experiences in the past can become more sensitive to certain comments or situations as a result. But sensitivity isn’t only triggered environmentally.
There are people — about 18 percent of the population actually — who are naturally highly sensitive people (HSPs). These people are born with a nervous system genetically designed to be more sensitive to subtleties, more prone to deep reflection on inner experience, and therefore inevitably more overwhelmed by outer events.
Highly sensitive people are:
Often affected by other people’s moods
Sensitive to criticism
Prone to feeling differently from everyone else, or feeling very alone
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