“At least 50 million Americans have a finely tuned nervous system.” Books by Ted Zeff, PhD : The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide: Essential Skills for Living Well in an Overstimulating World Highly Sensitive Person’s Companion: Daily Exercises for Calming Your Senses in an Overstimulating World Shrink Rap Radio audio podcast interview with Dr. Zeff [...]
A recent news item by ScienceDaily reported on research that may explain more about the neuroscience that underlies high sensitivity. “Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations. “This region appears to work in concert with another [...]
Winona Ryder and depression Winona Ryder starred in the film based on Susanna Kaysen’s novel Girl, Interrupted, and thinks Kaysen “captures a mood we’ve all experienced. It’s like a reflective time we’ve all had in our lives, whether to kill ourselves, whether to be miserable or move on. You go through spells where you feel [...]
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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