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How Stereotypes Affect the Emotionally Sensitive
A research study completed years ago has always fascinated me. In the 1960′s Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson administered a test to all students in an elementary school and gave the results to...
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Mom Was Right: Clean Your Room
In his book Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change, Timothy Wilson described the “broken windows” theory of James Wilson and George Kelling. This theory is about neighborhoods...
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Just One More Pair of Shoes and I Can Cope With This Stress
Dopamine is that wonderful chemical that helps us recognize an opportunity to feel good. Dopamine release is about craving, wanting and seeking. Those sensations are all very different from liking,...
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Changing Habits: The Power of Believing
Habits are a big part of the way we live our lives and make decisions. More than forty percent of the actions people perform each day are habits rather than decisions. That’s almost half. Good habits...
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Exercise: Improve Your Mood and Help Repair the Effects of Stress
Emotionally sensitive people are often advised to exercise to calm their anxiety or to help overcome depression. Grandmothers, psychiatrists, friends and even strangers often suggest, “Exercise. You’ll...
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More About Understanding Self-Control
Self-control or willpower is the ability to effectively manage your attention, emotions and desires. Understanding how willpower works can help you better manage your emotions and make the changes you...
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Strengthening Your Self-Control
Understanding how to maximize self-control of your emotions and behavior can decrease some of the emotional pain that emotionally sensitive people experience. Not acting on impulse and thinking through...
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Emotionally Sensitive People and Food
While it’s not true for everyone, many emotionally sensitive people tend to use food as self-comfort. Eating is one of those strategies that works in the short-term but can have long-term consequences...
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25 Suggestions for Living a Contented Life by Managing Emotions, Part 1
Emotionally sensitive people react to events quickly and with intense emotions, and then have difficulty getting their emotional reactions to subside. Finding ways to manage emotions effectively can...
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Hints for Practicing New Coping Skills
If you are working on developing new coping skills, you may find that understanding the skills and how they work is much easier than actually using the skills. You may be able to tell someone else...
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