I called up Dr. Elaine Aron, the researcher behind the HSP movement, for some much-needed advice.

I’ve been training for this day my whole life.

As a highly sensitive person and empath, I felt other people’s stress, tension, and brokenness as if it were my own.

Holiday get-togethers can be exhausting and overwhelming for highly sensitive people, who process everything deeply. Here’s how I survive.

Highly sensitive people are easily receptive to pain — both physical and emotional — which can make doctor visits and health concerns extra difficult.

For highly sensitive people, who feel and process things deeply, staying healthy may look very different than it does for other people.

In a world that shames people who are “too sensitive,” every highly sensitive person faces pitfalls. Here are the most common ones — and how to defeat them.

Taking the time you need doesn’t make you weak.

The secret to an empath’s wellbeing is to break the momentum of sensory overload before it consumes you.

New advice from Tom Falkenstein’s book “The Highly Sensitive Man” shows how overstimulation is at the root of intense emotions — and how to control it.

Your overloaded nervous system is like a too-full bucket. Let’s process and drain what’s in the bucket.

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