Are creative people unusually sensitive? A variety of both clinical experience and research reports confirm that is often true. And many creative people report examples from their own experience that indicate they have this personality trait - more technically called sensory processing sensitivity. [From the HIGH SENSITIVITY chapter.]
Shyness, Introversion, Sensitivity – What’s the Difference?Shyness and introversion may seem to be the same in some ways, at least on the surface.
They can overlap, and we may have both traits – but they are not the same thing. And they are not the same as the trait of high sensitivity.
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