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The Highly Sensitive Person

251 pages · 1997 · Rating 4.3

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Are you a highly sensitive person?Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams?  Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water?  Are you too shy or too sensitive according to others?  Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you?  If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the Highly Sensitive Person, its a way of life.  In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Elaine Aron, a psychotherapist, workshop leader and highly sensitive person herself, shows you how to identify this trait in yourself and make the most of it in everyday situations.  Drawing on her many years of research and hundreds of interviews, she shows how you can better understand yourself and your trait to create a fuller, richer life.  In The Highly Sensitive Person, you will discover:Self-assessment tests to help you identify your particular sensitivitiesWays to reframe your past experiences in a positive light and gain greater self-esteem in the processInsight into how high sensitivity affects both work and personal relationshipsTips on how to deal with overarousalInformations on medications and when to seek helpTechniques to enrich the soul and spirit

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