Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is characterized by hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, which can range from the visual, olfactory, auditory, tactile or gustatory. Sensory processing disorder is a general or complex trait affected by "a greater sensitivity of the brain's central nervous system to environmental stimuli and a deeper emotional processing of emotional, physical and social stimuli". It can range from mild to severe. People with sensitive spleen are often oversensitive to certain events or circumstances. Such people often find it hard to perform their usual activities like driving on the right time or handling themselves in a particular way.
A person with sensitive spleen is more likely to have allergies, asthma, colds or sore throat. More serious health issues like high blood pressure, migraine headaches, chronic fatigue or even cancer are more prone to sensitive people. In addition, they tend to get easily annoyed, have short tempers and are moody. They are also prone to interpreting dreams or nightmares as negative. Sensitive people are not always introverted. On the contrary, they can display high levels of social interactivity and are highly interested in others.
As mentioned above, a person with sensitive spleen has a more sensitive nervous system that is connected to many hsps. They have extremely fast heartbeat, slow breathing and have low blood sugar level. This can result to hypoglycemia and many insipidus symptoms. Hypoglycemia can be dangerous because hypoglycemia can cause dangerously low blood sugar level, which can trigger a dangerous behavior like convulsions. This is one of the reasons why patients with sensitive nervous system are highly susceptible to depression.
People with us are often considered to be more passive, less enthusiastic and less dynamic. It has been observed that highly sensitive patients are less enthusiastic about almost everything than non-sensitive individuals. Because of this, they have less enthusiasm to try new things that other individuals take for granted.
Their low tolerance for physical contact may make them feel uncomfortable when receiving physical contact from others. As a result, many hsps with high sensitivity have low self esteem. They may feel unwanted and insecure at times. They also tend to be less excited about performing well in school or work than their less sensitive peers.
Highly sensitive individuals can have difficult time expressing their emotions. Some of them have an inability to express themselves verbally. Because of this, they can show their feelings through various physical manifestations such as facial twitches, nose bleeding, dry coughing, tightness in chest or throat and so on. Their physical symptoms don't always go away, and they may find it hard to relax and even sleep at night.
When they are worried about their symptoms, they become very anxious and cry, and in severe cases they might get too upset and explode. This personality trait is common among those with hsps who are overly sensitive. The extreme reactions of sensitive people can be problematic and even dangerous. That is why if you are highly sensitive, it is best for you to seek professional help from a psychiatrist.
If you are highly sensitive, you need to learn how to deal with your emotions so you do not overreact when some people show their anger. To help you out, you can watch movies that show the consequences of overreacting. Or, you can read books such as "The Fourth Secret" by Joe Vitale. By mastering the art of relaxing, you can become more confident and calm.
Because of their sensitivity, highly sensitive people cannot handle too many changes or stimulation. They tend to get easily annoyed and want to keep everything the same. They can only handle highly familiar stimuli or things that they have already lived with. That is why most music that they listen to has the same beats and instruments. Because they are easily triggered by familiar stimuli, highly sensitive people find it hard to move on to new things or experience new things.
This character trait is very common among musicians. The most successful musicians are those who have an easier time with changing their moods and are able to live with and master hundreds of classical stimuli. The less sensitive a person is, the easier it is for him to feel things deeply. This also explains why artists and writers are highly sensitive as well. Even if they try hard to avoid receiving and stimulus, they would rather stay and watch something else instead of enjoying the stimulus. This character trait is useful in training people to accept new things into their lives easily.
One more highly sensitive trait is being unable to experience negative emotions. Highly sensitive people are very sensitive about their emotions and can become very depressed when they fail to meet their own expectations or feel bad about themselves because of their emotions. Although they feel bad about themselves and blame themselves for their emotions, they know that if they don't change their behaviour and response towards certain stimuli, the problem will never go away. So they become even more sensitive, thus more prone to depression
this article is very interesting, depression comes when the person is very sensitive, I have that little problem in some occasions of life, I worry about many things and I usually feel sad. I will take the advice of the book that you put as a reference.