Often when I point out to a client that they are sensitive, I get a response like: "I know, I wish I was tougher . . ." or "How do I change that?". With personality traits such as sensitivity there is no changing that aspect of who you are. The best thing you can do for yourself is accept it and learn how to use your gift to your advantage. Psychological researcher James H. Fallon is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He ma

If you have read previous articles on Sensitivity you understand that an individual with a highly sensitive personality (or an HSP) has a different way of processing information. Because an HSP can take in so much information and processes it to a deeper extent this takes more time and energy. A large volume of information can cause arousal: meaning the brain has to work at a higher level and does more work. Think about the difference you feel in a dark quiet room versus i

Popular perception of highly sensitive people is that they can’t take a joke, you have to be careful what you say and you never really know what they want from you. From the highly sensitive person’s (HSP) perspective the regular 80% of the population are loud, tend to be rude and never seem to think about your feelings before they speak. So how do we close the gap? How do we deal with love relationships when there are two such different communication styles? Having a deep