Why Highly Sensitive Adults Can Feel Overwhelmed by Their Own Thoughts

Some people don't just react to a busy room or a hard conversation in the moment. They keep processing it for hours afterward, replaying it, turning it over, noticing details other people never registered in the first place. If this sounds familiar, and if it's ever left you wondering whether something is wrong with the way your mind works, there's a good chance you're not anxious in the way most people mean the word. You may be a highly sensitive person.