Here’s why your heightened emotional sensitivity is not a weakness, no matter what our modern emotionally flattened culture tells you.

It can be difficult to pick up on hostility in conversations, but people who can immediately feel tension in a room without ...

Sensitivity is not always a bad thing. It can be powerful to tap into our emotions. Following our intuitions can be important. However, when sensitivity stands in the way of rational thoughts, it can ...

Disagreements will pop up in any relationship, and since people respond to conflict differently, the way they’ll handle it with an S.O. varies. For some, arguments with a partner can evoke frustration ...

In an earlier post, I wrote about the vulnerability of highly sensitive people to negative types of people, like narcissists. Because of their compassionate and empathetic nature, many HSPs ...

I’m the kind of person who absorbs the emotions of other people. If someone I know is stressed out or depressed, I feel it, too, resonating with their pain. Sad movies—heck, even sappy commercials—can ...

Without meaning to, parents can have a way of making children feel as if something is wrong with them. As parenting researchers, we've seen this happen often with highly sensitive kids. Many parents ...