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If you’re an emotionally sensitive person, by definition you feel things longer and deeper than the average person and you have a much slower return to baseline. This is simply your biology. You can think of it like the engine of a car. The engine in a Porsche and the engine in a Prius are very different in their capability to rapidly accelerate. What this means is that it isn’t uncommon for emotionally sensitive people to react more intensely and hold onto emotions longer. The problem with this is that it can increase your suffering and negatively impact your relationships.

People we work with have often said that they have been told that they are “too much” or that they always overreact. That kind of feedback can be very painful. If you struggle with this, the good news is that like a car with a fast engine, you can learn how to drive it; you can also learn to recognize when your reaction is too intense and regulate it. The following sections can help.