Adolescence is a confusing time when we look to our peers to gauge how to act, so we can be accepted. One normalized right of passage with boys is riling each other for being “weak” among the pack if ...

Have you ever wondered why certain people in your life seem to react more intensely to the world around them? Whether it’s a spouse who needs total silence after work, a friend who gets overwhelmed by ...

Your strengths as a highly sensitive person might be underestimated, but they’re truly a hidden superpower when seen through the right lens. Being highly sensitive in a world that often praises ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling ...

In 1997, psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, which has been used to measure a trait called sensory-processing sensitivity. Aron categorized people with high ...