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their own behavior. In social settings
they often focus on subjects like personal
problems, which others consider “too
heavy.”
Aron realized that she was on to
something big. Many of the characteristics
of sensitive people that she’d
identified—such as empathy and responsiveness
to beauty—were believed
by psychologists to be characteristic of
other personality traits like “agreeableness”
and “openness to experience.” But
Aron saw that they were also a fundamental
part of sensitivity. Her findings
implicitly challenged accepted tenets of
personality psychology.
She started publishing her results in
academic journals and books, and
speaking publicly about her work. At
first this was difficult. Audience members
told her that her ideas were fascinating,
but that her uncertain delivery
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