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A review by elyssam
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron
informative
slow-paced
3.75
Explanation of HSP backed by research and anecdotes and interviews. Tools throughout on how to navigate life and activities to reflect on at the end of each chapter.
This book was recommended to me by a physician I now view as incompetent. She “diagnosed” me with HSP after seeing me for one minute and suggested I read this book. I put it off for several years but finally decided to see if it would help me view things differently. I do believe I can fall into the category of HSP, but I also believe that there is a lot more going on in my head than that. This book will help me in understanding myself and others. I think it emphasized too much that mental health issues are linked to our sensitivity when I believe there’s a little more to it than that. Maybe I interpreted it wrong.
The audiobook had a weird editing blip in chapter eight (sounded like narrator was drinking water).
This book was recommended to me by a physician I now view as incompetent. She “diagnosed” me with HSP after seeing me for one minute and suggested I read this book. I put it off for several years but finally decided to see if it would help me view things differently. I do believe I can fall into the category of HSP, but I also believe that there is a lot more going on in my head than that. This book will help me in understanding myself and others. I think it emphasized too much that mental health issues are linked to our sensitivity when I believe there’s a little more to it than that. Maybe I interpreted it wrong.
The audiobook had a weird editing blip in chapter eight (sounded like narrator was drinking water).
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide