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The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You
Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are “too sensitive”? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds?
Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament. And, if you are one of the 20 percent of people w...more
Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament. And, if you are one of the 20 percent of people w...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
January 9th 2001
by Three Rivers Press
(first published 2000)
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Feb 18, 2013
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I discovered Aron's work and her book through reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. In Quiet, Susan Cain talks about Hypersensitivity in a very positive and realistic way I recognized myself in, and it made me want to read this book to learn even more. So i read the general book on highly sensitive people, and was disappointed by that book, but given that i still recognized myself, i still wanted to learn more and gave another library book a shot.
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This book changed my life.
JDN 2456163 EDT 15:48.
A review of The Highly Sensitive Person in Love
I mean that quite literally: While I only finished reading it, already I am re-evaluating whole swaths of my experience and restructuring fundamental notions of my identity as a result. It was like looking at a page full of dots that made no sense before, and suddenly seeing them coalesce into a coherent image. Afterward, I couldn't make the image go away if I tried.
I am a sensitive. Elaine Aron would...more
JDN 2456163 EDT 15:48.
A review of The Highly Sensitive Person in Love
I mean that quite literally: While I only finished reading it, already I am re-evaluating whole swaths of my experience and restructuring fundamental notions of my identity as a result. It was like looking at a page full of dots that made no sense before, and suddenly seeing them coalesce into a coherent image. Afterward, I couldn't make the image go away if I tried.
I am a sensitive. Elaine Aron would...more
Feb 14, 2012
Teresa
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If you can make it past Elaine Aron's decidedly touchy-feely writing style this book is well worth the effort. Though the primary focus of the book is on romantic relationships, the author does a very good job of making the book's content applicable across all sorts of relationships. Interesting insights include: a discussion of why high sensitivity tends to result in varying degrees of intimacy phobia, a chapter on high sensitivity and sexuality, and a compelling breakdown of how sensitivity pl...more
This book was so good, I took 5 pages of notes from it. If I had the time, I'd start from scratch and read it again.
I can only hope to absorb the knowledge fully and use it in all future relationships.
I can only hope to absorb the knowledge fully and use it in all future relationships.
this book helped me understand a major part of my personality that I saw as a flaw to be fixed or hidden. I now have permission to be me.
Didn't realize that I was HSP until I read the book. Very informative and explains quite a few issues which I have been pondering
A must read for anyone who is a HSP.
It felt unfinished. When I was done, I thought there could have been so much more said! On the whole, I recognized myself a lot in this book, but didn't end up with a lot of ideas on how to manage my love life better, given my husband's and my differences.
I learned that high sensitivity is actually somewhat common, and established by research. Full of many helpful insights about how sensitivity affects relationships, especially romantic ones.
A look at different kinds of relationships and relationship issues when at least one person involved is highly sensitive.
Favorite quote - regarding HSP and HSS
"...living my life with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brakes..."
"...living my life with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brakes..."
Eye-opening and a comfort. A must-read for anyone who's been called sensitive.
Jul 20, 2007
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haha. this is what I should be reading.
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