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Dream Interpretation
Highly sensitive people tend to have vivid dreams as a result of their inborn imaginational overexcitability. When these dreamers are also gifted with strong logical reasoning skills, they make great...
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Composure and Emotional Non-Expression
Highly sensitive people experience very strong emotions. Sometimes these emotions can be so overwhelming that they impair these people’s ability to maintain their composure and function at their best....
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OCPD in Popular Media: “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”
I recently watched “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” a documentary about the world’s greatest sushi chef. Jiro operates a restaurant in Tokyo where customers must book at least a month in advance and pay ¥30,000...
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The Loneliness of the Gifted and Genius
NOTE: I use the words “gifted” and “genius” in the place of “extremely sensitive” and “so extremely sensitive that there are not too many of them in this world.” “It is strange to be known so...
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Intellectualization
Emotional pain is not an easy thing to handle for many people, especially emotionally sensitive people. Emotional pain that is too overwhelming often causes people to resort to the use of defence...
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Empathy
em·pa·thy /ˈempəTHē/ Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. People with OCPD have a natural gift for empathy. People with OCPD have the capacity to experience great...
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Cooling Off VS Silent Treatment
Feeling wronged by others is an inevitable part of life. When this happens, honest communication that promotes mutual understanding can greatly strengthen relationships. This, however, is not so easy...
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Sexuality
According to Dr. Elaine N. Aron, author of “The Highly Sensitive Person,” 15-20% of the world is highly sensitive. This minority group senses stimuli from within themselves and in their surroundings...
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Amy’s Baking Company: Sensitivity to Criticism Goes Viral
Last Friday on Fox’s reality TV series “Kitchen Nightmares,” chef Gordon Ramsay paid a visit to “Amy’s Baking Company,” a restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona. Just like he does in every episode, Gordon...
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Guilt from Being Unproductive
It has been a while since I last wrote an update about my life. In fact, it has been a while since I last wrote anything on this blog. I have been mostly busy with going out and enjoying my city’s...
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Romantic Love
It has been a really long time since I last wrote on my blog. Why? Shortly after my last blog post, after I was freed up from my all-consuming epic year-end project, I fell madly in love with someone...
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Sexual Intensity and Frustration
Sexual frustration is as much an unavoidable, universally experienced difficult feeling in men as sadness or anger. Those bearing a “highly sensitive” nervous system are more likely to experience these...
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Highly Sensitive People
MORE READING: “The Highly Sensitive Person” by Elaine N. Aron Filed under: Causes, Giftedness, Hypersensitivity
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Understanding Elliot Rodger
Exploring the emotions of loneliness, rejection, low self-esteem, perfectionism, “nice guys finish last,” anger, resentment and hate through Elliot Rodger.Filed under: Hypersensitivity, Media
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