By now, you guys probably know that I'm a fan of most things psychological...including, but not limited to, personality types and theories. Right? Right! [Clickity here to see some of my posts on personality stuffs...]
Another personality facet that I've been giving some thought to, lately, is that of being 'sensitive.'
Now, this isn't necessarily referring to whether or not a person tends to exhibit socially acceptable behaviors [e.g., not laughing at a friend who has just witnessed their dog getting run over by a car, not telling the mother of a newborn that the child looks like a hellish troll spawn, or being the 'friend' that is always the first to remind someone that their haircut looks like crap.] Rather, in this case, sensitive refers to a person's thresholds for overwhelming stimuli and their responses to said stimuli.
Are You Highly Sensitive?
26 Signs You're A Highly Sensitive Person - BuzzFeed
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I selected 24 items from the questionnaire as pertaining to being at least somewhat true...which makes me think that there's a good chance that I'm correct in identifying as 'highly sensitive' [So, looks like I might be able to add HSP or 'highly sensitive person' to my list of researchable traits! Me
lika do tha research!]
If you're familiar with the MBTI type INFJ, what do you think about the pairing of INFJ and HSP?
