It is found in equal numbers in boys and girls,

not a "syndrome" or "set of symptoms that impair functioning."

So "sensitive" is not another term for neurotic, shy, depressed, or anxious.

more emotional,

research shows that with good-enough childhoods, we are actually healthier, physically and mentally, than non-HSPs with the same sort of good-enough childhoods.

we are intuitive.

creative

y can be

HSPs are very conscientious.

Our conscientiousness is somewhat automatic, due to the fact that we think about the consequences of our action or inaction.

compassionate and empathic

We can read emotional cues. We are very emotional ourselves, so we can imagine well what the other person feels and what would happen inside if this person did not have their needs yet, did not feel understood. We communicate gently because that is how we like communication to be towards us.

we process everything more deeply, sensing its full emotional as well as intellectual consequences. And it's not that we only feel negative emotions more--we also feel more love, joy, pride, awe, and all the other positive emotions.

strong sense of what makes for a pleasant environment.

This trait is mainly about having an innate preference to process information more deeply, to compare the present situation as completely as possible to your knowledge of similar situations in the past.

Galileo, who applied his scholarly knowledge and found truth. Alexander the Great, tactically in battle. Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of many modern devices. Albert Einstein, a superb and original scholar. Andy Warhol, for his outstandingly appealing original creativity. Bill Gates, a technological thinker who applied his knowledge creatively.

creativity is a part of our nature.