Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/ Exploring the personal aspects of being a highly sensitive person Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-328 GeekMom » Blog Archive » The Highly Sensitive Geek Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:31:53 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-328 [...] the more scientific among you scoff too quickly, know that there is solid science behind this idea. Additionally, the body fluids of Highly Sensitive Kids contain more cortisol (the [...] [...] the more scientific among you scoff too quickly, know that there is solid science behind this idea. Additionally, the body fluids of Highly Sensitive Kids contain more cortisol (the [...]

]]> Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Achievement, Anxiety, Amygdala Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:26:43 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-321 [...] related post: Neuroscience and sensitivity – our superior colliculus and amygdala    |      |    Print This Post [...] [...] related post: Neuroscience and sensitivity – our superior colliculus and amygdala    |      |    Print This Post [...]

]]> Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Janie Lancaster Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:14:59 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-254 I Know You I see you your eyes pleading your wind-driven soul your pain I hear you your heaving sighs your constricted voice your silent cries I know you how your tears fall behind your eyes how your resilient face hides pain That look that smile those eyes I know your soul beneath that outward glow how it struggles to breathe to live to love I salute you kindred soul I Know You

I see you
your eyes pleading
your wind-driven soul
your pain

I hear you
your heaving sighs
your constricted voice
your silent cries

I know you
how your tears
fall behind your eyes
how your resilient face
hides pain

That look
that smile
those eyes

I know your soul
beneath that outward glow
how it struggles to breathe

to live
to love

I salute you kindred soul

]]> Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Janie Lancaster Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:12:41 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-253 I was a hyper-vigilant child who lived with a gestapo-like mother. I became a hyper-vigilant adult who catered to the needs of others in order to survive. Now I am, or am trying to be, my true self. I used creative/therapeutic writing as a tool to understand the confusing, contradictory world I lived in as a child. I am amazed at how the brain can work to protect a person and help them to heal. I am glad that research is being done on this subject. I know there are many people out there like me. My heart goes out to them. I know their pain. I was a hyper-vigilant child who lived with a gestapo-like mother. I became a hyper-vigilant adult who catered to the needs of others in order to survive. Now I am, or am trying to be, my true self.

I used creative/therapeutic writing as a tool to understand the confusing, contradictory world I lived in as a child. I am amazed at how the brain can work to protect a person and help them to heal.

I am glad that research is being done on this subject. I know there are many people out there like me. My heart goes out to them. I know their pain.

]]> Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Thin Skinned « Yogiclarebear’s Blog Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:51:20 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-232 [...] article highlights brain studies that show specific parts of the brain that activate our defensive [...] [...] article highlights brain studies that show specific parts of the brain that activate our defensive [...]

]]> Neuroscience and sensitivity - our superior colliculus and amygdala http://highlysensitive.org/233/neuroscience-and-sensitivity-our-superior-colliculus-and-amygdala/comment-page-1/#comment-147 barbara keddy Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:23:38 +0000 http://highlysensitive.org/?p=233#comment-147 My book and website on fibromyalgia are based upon the theory of the HSP. I would like to hear from others on my site www.womenandfibromyalgia.com who have experienced other physical manifestations of living as an HSP. In particular my book delves into this in detail. Barbara Keddy PhD My book and website on fibromyalgia are based upon the theory of the HSP. I would like to hear from others on my site http://www.womenandfibromyalgia.com who have experienced other physical manifestations of living as an HSP. In particular my book delves into this in detail. Barbara Keddy PhD

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