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Do you fall in love hard but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are too sensitive? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds?

Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines divorce is genetic temperament. And if you are one of the 20 percent of people who are born highly sensitive the risk of an unhappy relationship is especially high. Your finely tuned nervous system which picks up on subtleties and reflects deeply would be a romantic asset if both you and your partner understood you better. But without that understanding your sensitivity is likely to be making your close relationships painful and complicated.

Based on Elaine N. Arons groundbreaking research on temperament and intimacy The Highly Sensitive Person in Love offers practical help for highly sensitive people seeking happier healthier romantic relationships. From low-stress fighting to sensitive sexuality the book offers a wealth of practical advice on making the most of all personality combinations. Complete with illuminating self-tests and the results of the first survey ever done on sex and temperament?? The Highly Sensitive Person in Love will help you discover a better way of living and loving.

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Picking up where The Highly Sensitive Person left off?? The Highly Sensitive Person in Love explores the sometimes bumpy but ultimately rewarding terrain that love relationships have to offer this group of people. HSPs?? as they are known?? make up the estimated 15 to 20 percent of the population that have very sensitive nervous system and are prone to deep reflection and feelings o"ng overwhelmed by the world. These special characteristics?? which tend to be misunderstood as shyness and dismissed as signs of weakness in our highly competitive society?? inevitably bring interesting challenges to all kinds of love relationships for HSPs. Author Elaine Aron--who's a psychotherapist?? researcher?? and an HSP--delves deep to into the subject and surfaces with detailed?? helpful?? wise advice for HSPs and their partners?? be they fellow HSPs or non-HSPs.

Aron details the positive and negative sides to such relationships?? including how the HSP