8 Traits Of The Highly Sensitive Child

Dr Elayne (Saltzberg) Daniels
9 min readFeb 11, 2024

When Dr. Elaine Aron introduced her research on high sensitivity to the world in the late 90’s, millions of people really recognized themselves for the first time. The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) now had validation for a lifetime of misunderstood traits. And those traits had an intrinsic origin: the Highly Sensitive Child (HSC).

Understandably, HSPs who were learning about their trait for the first time had a lot of processing to do. (Par for the course for HSPs.)

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