What are good newspaper/magazine articles about HSP?
Well written articles about HSPs and the trait are raising awareness, correcting false perceptions and reduce prejudgements while helping HSPs feeling more normalized and motivated. Let’s share the best newspaper articles about the trait, highly sensitive persons / people here.
Articles can also be a tool to send around, while explaining the trait or for validation if someone doubts the existence of the HSP trait, or similar.
Newspaper: The Guardian
Title: Are you anxious, introverted or just a ‘highly sensitive person’?
Subtitle: “Kanye West and Lorde say they are HSPs. What’s the science behind this newly popular label for understanding our ability to process feelings?”
Written by: David Robson on April 2, 2022
Newspaper: The Guardian
Title: “‘They could be the visionaries of our world’: do ‘overemotional’ people hold the key to happiness?”
Subtitle: “One in five of us struggle to cope with everyday smells, sounds and images. Rather than a weakness, this extreme sensitivity could be a strength in everything from the pandemic to the climate crisis”
Written by: Emine Saner on Nov 15, 2021
Magazine: Vogue
https://www.vogue.com/article/are-you-a-highly-sensitive-person-heres-how-to-tell
Title: Are You a Highly Sensitive Person? Here’s How to Tell
Excerpt: “The first time I realized I was highly sensitive was when I saw the movie Titanic. I was 11, and as I watched the passengers gasping for air as the ship sank, I too started gasping (…)”
Written by: Gillian Sagansky
Magazine: MedicalNewsToday (Healthline Media, also runs healthline.com)
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/highly-sensitive-person
Title: “What is a highly sensitive person?”
Subtitle: “A highly sensitive person is someone who is greatly affected by social stimuli, such as other people’s voices and facial expressions.”
Medically reviewed by: Cydney Ortiz, PsyD
Written by: Maté Jarai on February 10, 2022
(MedicalNewsToday/Healthline Media are Health On the Net Foundation (HON) verified)
Newspaper: The Portugal News (established 1977)
https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2022-01-31/are-you-a-highly-sensitive-person/64939
Title: “Are you a highly sensitive person?”
Subtitle: “Sensitive to criticism, an HSP can often feel self-conscious and be affected by others’ moods quite easily.”
Written by: Paula Martins on Jan 31, 2022
Magazine: Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Language: German
https://www.spektrum.de/news/persoenlichkeit-bin-ich-hochsensibel/2050806
Title: Bin ich hochsensibel?
Written by: Nathalie Clobert on August 23, 2022