When you hear that someone is “highly sensitive,” it’s common to think they may be weak and fragile—someone who gets their feelings hurt more easily. In clinical terms, however, that’s not what high ...

Orchids are used as a floral metaphor to describe highly sensitive people. Source: manfredrichter/Pixabay Recently, Michael Pluess and colleagues at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) published a ...

Evan Giret does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Elham Assary receives funding from The Wellcome Trust. Michael Pluess receives funding from Jacobs Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Elrha. People differ substantially in how much they’re ...