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Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?

Are you a Highly Sensitive Person?

Sensitivity can be defined as how intensely one reacts to sensory input.  Sensory input includes the five primary senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Other channels that humans use to connect with their environment are a bit more subtle; like movement, balance, perception of time, breath, hunger, thirst, sexual attraction, and elimination.  We …

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Introvert Hangovers are Real

Introvert Hangovers are Real

Just like hangovers result from drinking too many alcoholic beverages, the introvert’s hangover results from too much external stimulation. We all know that anytime we overdo anything; work too much, play too hard, or even socialize too often, we suffer burnout and breakdown. That’s because the dopamine in our brains likes to reward us with …

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