So, I found out about this term -- HSP or Highly Sensitive People a few days ago when I was chatting with a friend about her son heading off to Kindergarten. She said she was worried about how he would react to his new environment because "he's so sensitive." That's when she dropped HSP on me.
Apparently, between 15 and 20 percent of the population is considered highly sensitive which means their nervous systems process stimuli at a much higher rate -- sometimes up to 10 times more -- than the rest of the population.
