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As the Superman movie enters its second week at the box office and becomes one of the most popular movies of 2025, the conversation about movies being too woke persists. Politics and media have been a ...

There was a carpool mix-up: I thought it was my night to pick up the kids outside the gym; another parent thought it was his. "What happened?" he snarled, shaking his head. "Why are we both here right ...

Have you ever been called ‘too sensitive’ like it’s some kind of character flaw? Many emotionally sensitive people face judgment based on harmful myths rather than facts. These misconceptions not only ...

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Adults are sometimes told they are too sensitive, usually because they set boundaries with people who are consistently pushing their limits. Sensitive people may be perceived as burdensome because ...

Like many introverts, my mind is constantly alerted to "soft stimuli"—the typo in a manuscript, the puzzled look on a student's face in the back row, the color palette of a scene in a movie. There's a ...

Dear Abby: Some of my friends discuss their plans in front of me without inviting me along. Am I right to feel excluded? I’m a woman in my late 20s, and I feel stung when friends and roommates make ...

Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling deeply, and reacting to things others barely register. But to the outside ...

I am sure that you are all painfully familiar with the phrase "You are too sensitive." The implication is that the person is overly and unnecessarily reactive to others, particularly during ...