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Title: Don't be fooled by the hype
Review: As someone actually diagnosed as highly sensitive and high-strung in general, this book came as a recommendation. If only this book was actually useful. I got pretty disgusted by the author's pop-psychology and pseudo-intellectual ramblings on how sensitivity is actually over-arousal from one's environment. The use of the word "arousal" for what could have been more neutrally termed "awareness" was a pretty big tip-off that this eminent psychologist and lecturer is pretty insensitive to those around her and that this book is meant to make waves and sell copies rather than actually help the people it is marketed towards. If you are indeed someone who falls into the category of highly sensitive, or easily overwhelmed, or hyper-aware to the point of withdrawal from society, get yourself some professional help and do not buy this book. Many psychology self-help books are utter piffle and this book does nothing to discourage that assertion.
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