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Six Things You Do That Show You’re a Highly Sensitive Person
Are you a sensitive person?
Most people claim to be sensitive but often don’t know exactly what sensitivity is all about.
High sensitivity is considered a normal, healthy personality trait. But like other traits, it has its own advantages and drawbacks.
At the core, a highly sensitive person can process information with greater depth and have higher emotional reactivity and empathy.
In this article, I have highlighted 6 behaviors you’d common notice in yourself or anybody who is highly sensitive.
You chronically overanalyze things
One of the characteristics of highly sensitive persons (HSPs) is the tendency to over-analyze situations and events.
According to research, this is due to increased activation in the parts of the brain related to awareness and sensory information.
As an HSP, you process information more intensely. This causes you to replay events in your mind and take longer to make decisions, resulting in overthinking.
Also, you worry a lot about what other people think of you. This is why you’re always trying to detect non-verbal cues and analyzing people’s body language, facial expressions, and quirks…
