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93. Are You Highly Sensitive? Signs It’s Not Just Anxiety, Hormones, or Burnout

Episode 93

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Do you pick up other people’s energy and emotions? Are you deeply affected by the world around you? Are you a deep feeler and thinker? 

If you have spent years wondering why, this episode might change everything.

I break down what it actually means to be a highly sensitive person, why so many women only figure this out in their 30s and 40s, and why what looks like anxiety, hormone issues, or burnout is sometimes something else entirely.

Your nervous system may simply be wired for deeper processing than the world has given you credit for.

🎧 Press play if you have ever felt like you need more recovery than everyone else, or like nothing quite fits.

Enjoy!

Jess

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References & Resources:

The Highly Sensitive Person — Dr. Elaine N. Aron
https://hsperson.com/books/the-highly-sensitive-person/

The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook — Dr. Elaine N. Aron
https://hsperson.com/books/the-highly-sensitive-persons-workbook/

The HSP Self-Test by Dr. Elaine Aron
https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/

Dr. Elaine Aron's Official Site
https://hsperson.com/

Aron & Aron (1997) — Sensory-Processing Sensitivity and its Relation to Introversion and Emotionality
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9248053/

Taylor et al. (2021) — Experiences of Adults High in the Personality Trait Sensory Processing Sensitivity
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8584340/

Greven et al. (2019) — Sensory Processing Sensitivity in the Context of Environmental Sensitivity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30100161/

Harrold et al. (2024) — The Association Between Sensory Processing and Stress in the Adult Population
https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aphw.12554


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