A review by thepassingfancy
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron

3.0

It wasn't a particular surprise to me to that I would identify with the descriptions of highly sensitive people as outlined in this book, but it was still validating to learn that other people feel similarly overwhelmed by life. I was particularly interested in the differentiation that Elaine Aron makes between shyness and being highly sensitive, as for many HSPs their sensitivity is dismissed simply as being shy, which discounts the heightened emotional, mental, and physical sensitivity that HSPs experience. There were some elements of the book that were less interesting and I had hoped that there would have been more information or ideas about "coping" with high sensitivity. As a general overview of HSPs that helped me to feel a bit less of an outlier, I appreciated this book for what it was.