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  Are you a "highly sensitive person"?

A highly sensitive person (HSP) is a person having the innate trait of high sensitivity (or innate sensitiveness as Carl Gustav Jung originally coined it). According to Elaine N. Aron and colleagues as well as other researchers, highly sensitive people, which would represent about a fifth of the population, process sensory data much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological difference in their nervous systems. This is a specific trait with key consequences that in the past has often been confused with innate shyness, inhibitedness, innate fearfulness, introversion, and so on.

Here's a short on-line test you can take if you want: http://www.hsperson.com/pages/test.htm

More info: http://www.hsperson.com/ and here's a link to a book about it: The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron Ph.D.

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10Yes
10No
6I'm not sure.
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they Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey Creator
posted 10-Aug-2008 8:41pm  
I do fit the criteria I guess.

My daughter fits it more though.
Galomorro Bronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 10-Aug-2008 9:40pm  
I got a 15 score. "Probably highly sensitive."
JessicaWoman99
posted 10-Aug-2008 10:17pm  
No i am not, just a sensitive person is all
LindaH Survey Central Gold SubscriberGold Star Survey Creator
posted 10-Aug-2008 10:21pm  
Probably. I'm pretty sure I have sensory integration issues on top of that.
Crayons Bronze Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 10-Aug-2008 10:54pm  
I got a 17, but you see, when I do a quiz like that, I'm likely to heighten my score on purpose. I can't help it, I just do. So it's sort of iffy.
Pomeranian
posted 11-Aug-2008 2:37am  
To the extent that I am a "highly sensitive person", I don't believe its root cause is biological and I have to wonder why anybody would frame it as such.
Melf Survey Central SubscriberBronze Star Survey CreatorGold QualifierThis user is on the site NOW (4 minutes and 27 seconds ago)
posted 11-Aug-2008 4:34am  
Is this the next Asperger's, Bi-Polar, ADHD? Whatever. Everyone's mental. Ooh.
ausfox
posted 11-Aug-2008 5:05am  
Apparently so. I answered yes to 16 of the questions.
Cain
posted 11-Aug-2008 6:24am  
According to that test, no. But a few of the questions made a lot of sense to me so perhaps I have a few highly sensitive nerves.
cloudhugger Survey Central SubscriberSilver Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 11-Aug-2008 8:04am  
OOOOH self test... *smile* ...

ooooh....there's alot of check marks... *wry smile*

wtf!? if more than 14 means highly sensitive, what does 11 mean? I'm checking 'not sure' because the test will not tell me the truth!
LJD Bronze Star Survey CreatorGold Qualifier
posted 11-Aug-2008 8:31am  
I've been told I have a lot of empathy. I am a sensitive person, but not overly.
Otter Bronze Star Survey CreatorSurvey Qualifier
posted 11-Aug-2008 8:49am  
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Iseult Silver Star Survey Creator
posted 11-Aug-2008 10:05am  
No.

Although I'm very sensitive to noise, especially loud noise.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 11-Aug-2008 11:43am  
No.
kcthedog Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 12-Aug-2008 12:28am  
Yes, sometimes it is uncomfortable when I walk into environments that has "bad vibes”.
moviesnob Survey Central Subscriber
posted 14-Aug-2008 12:43pm  
The test said I am not highly sensitive. Only 7 of the items were true for me.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 15-Aug-2008 1:01am  
I don't feel like taking this retarded test. The fact that Jung came up with the theory only makes me want to take it even less.
meowry New User
posted 4-Oct-2008 4:46pm  
An aspie generally does not have the capacity. But I am shy (although, at times, I am overly talkative) and misunderstood. I got 12, btw (and all those I picked were symptoms related to autistic spectrum disorders).

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