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Welcome to my new blog, Sense and Sensitivity. Many people I've met in my life have been a bit, shall we say, confused about what I mean when I say I'm a highly sensitive person, or HSP. In fact, ...

Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling deeply, and reacting to things others barely register. But to the outside ...

A new study challenges the idea that heightened sensitivity increases the risk of hallucinations or other psychosis-related symptoms. Published in Psychological Reports, the research found that traits ...

The meta-analysis of 33 studies, the first of its kind, looked at the relationship between sensitivity and common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. Researchers found there was a ...

Academics have made a ‘breakthrough’ in the diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome ...

Synthetic PFAS are known as "forever chemicals," lingering in water, cookware, cosmetic products, clothing, and even our blood as they resist breaking down. They're infamous for being hard to detect.