Wancy Y. Cho is a writer living in Chicago. When he’s not writing, you can be sure he and his dog Tiki are off on an adventure. Wancy Y. Cho is a writer living in Chicago. When he’s not writing, you ...

Victoria Barclay-Timmis is a clinical psychologist and works in private practice. Imagine your friend hasn’t replied to a message in a few hours. Most people might think, “they are probably just busy” ...

Here’s why your heightened emotional sensitivity is not a weakness, no matter what our modern emotionally flattened culture tells you.

About one-fifth of people share a gene linked to having this personality trait that affects the way you move through the world. You absolutely cannot handle violence in movies. (Something lighthearted ...

Emotional sensitivity is not a flaw but a temperamental trait reflecting deeper cognitive and sensory processing. Individuals with high sensitivity experience emotions intensely due to more thorough ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Nikki Scott, 33, was standing in her kitchen one evening, ...

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Most people are concerned with being liked at one point or another, and it's not an uncommon preoccupation of people who are in therapy. So many of us wish that we didn't care what others think, and ...