KEY POINTS
- Being a highly sensitive person is related to introversion, but not the same.
- Highly sensitive people struggle to stay on task when they have several different things to do.
- Highly sensitive people easily sense when other people are feeling overwhelmed.
Studies estimate that 15-20 percent of the population is highly sensitive. However, many people don’t know what this means. Although it’s related to introversion, being a highly sensitive person is not the same thing. Highly sensitive people are hypersensitive to a variety of stimuli, ranging from pain to caffeine consumption. Consequently, highly sensitive people exhibit several specific, observable behaviors.
