MetaFilter posts tagged with sensitive http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sensitive Posts tagged with 'sensitive' at MetaFilter. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:19:17 -0800 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:19:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Highly Sensitive People: if you prick us, do we not bleed? and burst into tears? and run from the room and fling ourselves down on the bed? http://www.metafilter.com/60115/Highly%2DSensitive%2DPeople%2Dif%2Dyou%2Dprick%2Dus%2Ddo%2Dwe%2Dnot%2Dbleed%2Dand%2Dburst%2Dinto%2Dtears%2Dand%2Drun%2Dfrom%2Dthe%2Droom%2Dand%2Dfling%2Dourselves%2Ddown%2Don%2Dthe%2Dbed <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/test.htm">Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?</a> This trait ... is inherited by 15 to 20% of the population, and ... seems to be present in all higher animals. Being an HSP means your nervous system is more sensitive to subtleties. Your sight, hearing, and sense of smell are not necessarily keener .... But your brain processes information and reflects on it more deeply. Being an HSP also means, necessarily, that you are more easily overstimulated, stressed out, overwhelmed. This trait ... has been mislabeled as shyness (not an inherited trait), introversion (30% of HSPs are actually extraverts), inhibitedness, fearfulness, and the like. HSPs can be these, but none of these are the fundamental trait they have inherited <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/index.html">...</a><br> <a href="http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hspbook/">yahoo group</a> | <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/1Feb07.htm">latest research</a> (fascinating!) | <a href="http://www.hsperson.com/pages/com_zone.htm">newsletter</a> | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly_sensitive_person">wikipedia</a> | <a href="http://sensitive-traveler.typepad.com/blog/highly_sensitive_person_hsp/index.html">blog</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385340214/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">via</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60115 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:19:17 -0800 evolution genetics introvert psychology selfhelp sensitive shy test grumblebee Birds are dying! http://www.metafilter.com/51034/Birds%2Dare%2Ddying Like, try to understand <a href="http://katelikesyou.com/archives/2006/04/so_emo.html">where the emo kids are coming from</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51034 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:01:11 -0800 emo like sensitive videoblog jonson Science at work http://www.metafilter.com/42781/Science%2Dat%2Dwork <a href="http://www.spacedaily.com/news/robot-05zt.html">Touch-Sensitive Cyborg</a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42781 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:05:05 -0800 cyborg nasa robot sensitive touch cmicali