Have you ever wondered why certain people in your life seem to react more intensely to the world around them? Whether it’s a ...

Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling deeply, and reacting to things others barely register. But to the outside ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Your strengths as a highly sensitive person might be underestimated, but ...

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 ...

The trait of high sensitivity is in essence all about processing information more deeply. This noticing of details and their meaning is the basic survival trait inherited by a minority of individuals ...

High sensitivity affects approximately 15-20% of the population and represents a normal personality trait characterized by deeper sensory processing. Psychologist Dr. Elaine Aron first coined the term ...

In a recent paper in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers explored the link between sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) and different forms of loneliness and isolation. Their findings indicate ...

Over the past few months, I have been happily working with parents from around the globe regarding their stubborn children. One of the moms, Maggie, explained her daughter to me like this: My daughter ...