Arthur Aron, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, completed a study that suggests individuals who are highly sensitive have cognitive responses that appear to not be influenced by culture at all.
“Our data suggest that some categories of individuals, based on their natural [sensitivity] traits, are less influenced by their cultural context than others,” says Dr. Aron.
“The influence of culture was especially strong for those scoring for lower sensitivity, but for those who scored high for sensitivity (HSP’s), there was no cultural difference at all,” says Dr. Aron.
The results of this research imply that many HSP’s trust their natural deep-thinking capacity to make the right choices and not succumb to peer pressure, for instance, to conform to anything that is not true to Self. In other words, highly sensitive people can really think for themselves! They just need to be given the ‘space and freedom’ to do so. The parents of highly sensitive children, especially, should take note of this. To help a child, especially a highly sensitive one, “find their voice” I have often prescribed Cosmos flower essence in my private practice.