In the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, a little girl sets about finding a chair, some porridge and a bed that are all “just right”, which begs the question, was Goldilocks HSP – a highly sensitive person? The subtleties of comfort and taste are hugely important to highly sensitive people, because of the complex way they process sensory information.
The highly sensitive person was first described in the early 1990s by Dr Elaine Aron, who remains the leading expert on the subject. Research carried out by Elaine and her husband, Dr Arthur Aron, resulted in a book, , which has become a bible for those who identify as HSP. It immediately became a bestseller when it was published in 1996 and continues
