concept in psychology, first described by the American psychotherapist Elaine Airon. High sensitivity is primarily associated with a feature of the nervous system manifested in the sensitivity of sensory processing (SPS), that is, with “increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and the ability to process physical, social, and emotional stimuli more deeply.” According to Airon, the proportion of hypersensitive people on the planet is only about 15-20%. In her book, Elaine Ayron analyzed earlier research on this topic, described the characteristics of highly sensitive personalities and formulated them, designating them with the abbreviation DOES:
D-Depth – depth of information processing;
O-Overstimulating – a stronger reaction to external stimuli;
E-Emotional Reactivity;
S-Sensing of subtle – high susceptibility to subtleties and nuances.