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#189 Highly Sensitive People | Alane Freund, MFT


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Has anyone ever said to you, “Wow, you are too sensitive!”? Or do you know someone who seems very sensitive?

I’m guessing the answer to at least one of these questions is “yes,” because, it turns out that approximately 20% of the human population is highly sensitive. As you’ll hear, high sensitivity is not a pathology but, rather, a function that helped our human tribes survive in the not-so-distant past. The sensitive people of the tribes could hear, smell, or otherwise perceive danger far faster than those who were less sensitive. 

Another interesting finding is this: the trait of high sensitivity exists in nearly all species and at the same incidence of 20% --- regardless of species!

I’m so excited you will get to learn from my guest, psychotherapist and educator, Alane Freund, MFT (https://www.alanefreund.com/)! Alane is a therapist in private practice, and she gives talks all over the world on Highly Sensitive People, also known as HSPs. Also, as you’ll hear, the term “highly sensitive person” or HSP for short, maybe a regrettable term as Alane prefers “people with finely tuned nervous systems.” 

Having a finely tuned nervous system myself, I agree!

Alane shares incredibly useful information for people who identify as HSPs as well as people who love them. 

So, listen in as Alane and I talk about Highly Sensitive People.



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