traits of a highly sensitive person

Contrary to what many people may think, a highly sensitive person (usually called HSP, for short) is not the opposite of an insensitive person. If the latter is clearly an undesirable quality, the former is not “all sugar and spice and all things nice” either. The high sensitivity trait present in 20 percent of the population is not merely a psychological condition. Scientific testing through Functional MRI shows that the brains of HSPs exhibit a more powerful response to emotional stimuli than people who are not highly sensitive. That’s because they have a genetic variation that sets off more intense sentiments when exposed to negative and positive triggers. Another interesting fact is, 70 percent of highly sensitive people are introverts.

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