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9 Signs you're a highly sensitive person
Forbes.com ^ | Aug. 30, 2016 | Travis Bradbury

Posted on 08/30/2016 10:15:25 PM PDT by jcon40

Sensitive people get a bad rap. Research suggests that genes are responsible for the 15-20% of people who qualify as “highly sensitive.” Psychologist Elain Aron has studied this phenomenon extensively, and using MRI scans of highly sensitive people’s brains, she’s found that they experience sounds, feelings, and even the presence of other people much more intensely than the average person.

Sensitivity And Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships. The good news is that highly sensitive people aren’t more or less emotionally intelligent than others.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: highlysensitive; sensitive; signssensitive
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1 posted on 08/30/2016 10:15:27 PM PDT by jcon40
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I’m sensitive, I want to snap the necks of every Stalinist SJW on Erf.


2 posted on 08/30/2016 10:24:17 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: jcon40

bookmark.


3 posted on 08/30/2016 10:25:04 PM PDT by MarMema
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Uh-oh...


4 posted on 08/30/2016 10:41:45 PM PDT by W. (Trump's here to either kick ass or chew bubblegum, and he's all out of gum!)
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To: jcon40

I’ve been too sensitive to criticism lately. Time to look inward.

The Constant headache dont help!!!


5 posted on 08/30/2016 10:46:51 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Refuse to turn off Adblock, cannot see WTF this is about.................


6 posted on 08/30/2016 10:47:45 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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Same here. Forbes is the only site I know of that I can’t access without turning off the AB. F them.


7 posted on 08/30/2016 10:50:23 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I feeeel that is very sensitive, can I hold’em while you hit’em?


8 posted on 08/30/2016 10:57:12 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: jcon40

Bookmark


9 posted on 08/30/2016 10:58:45 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Well, that article describes me nearly exactly. Always wondered what was wrong:)


10 posted on 08/30/2016 11:07:12 PM PDT by garandgal
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To: Mr. Mojo

Not true. Try center-clicking (clicking the mouse wheel) until the page renders (center-clicking opens the page in a new tab.) You’ll know the page renders when the title of the article is displayed on the tab, instead of “Forbes Welcome.”


11 posted on 08/30/2016 11:07:41 PM PDT by hughesm1 (The Tree of Liberty is getting mighty thirsty.)
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To: jcon40

10. You Vote for Democrats even if they should be serving time in Leavenworth because deep down you know they really care about you..


14 posted on 08/30/2016 11:22:28 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed FIVE* more People than Three Mile Island. *revised...)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

What or where is “Erf?”


15 posted on 08/30/2016 11:26:31 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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Sounds like a description of females.

Or metrosexual males.

Or homosexual men.


16 posted on 08/30/2016 11:49:28 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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Guess they’re talking about the Milennial Pussy Generation.


17 posted on 08/31/2016 2:06:34 AM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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To: jcon40

Spot on for me and has served me well at times. Most of the time I wish I could turn it off or have a bit more control over how it affects me. Definitely a stigma at certain levels around others.


18 posted on 08/31/2016 2:07:20 AM PDT by xander
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To: little jeremiah

It’s the third rock from the Sun.


19 posted on 08/31/2016 2:45:22 AM PDT by EEGator
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Ah geeze, I knew it. I’m “too sensitive”.


20 posted on 08/31/2016 3:16:37 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog (GO TRUMP! (isn't Obama gone yet?))
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