In her article “Growing Up Gifted Is Not Easy,” Elaine Aron, PhD talks about depression as a potential aspect of sensitivity.
“Early in my research on sensitivity — while I was studying its relationship to introversion and the four Jungian functions of sensing, thinking, feeling, and intuition — I discovered several studies reporting that intuitive types are the most likely to have suicidal thoughts when they are depressed,” she writes.
Continued in article Depressive thinking can accompany being sensitive.
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Douglas Eby (M.A./Psychology) is author of the The Creative Mind series of sites which provide “Information and inspiration to help creative people thrive.”
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