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Elaine Aron, PhD: How to Deal with the Crisis when you are a Highly Sensitive Person

By Elaine Aron — 2020

In 1991 Dr. Elaine Aron identified the trait of high sensitivity. The trait occurs in 1 in 5 people and in over 100 other species. The foundation of the trait is DOES: HSPs are deep thinkers, they get easily overstimulated, have more empathy and notice subtleties more than others do. See more...

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