According to American psychologist Elaine Aron, one in five would be suffering from emotional hypersensitivity. The psychoanalyst and writer Saverio Tomasella listed the peculiarities of this character trait:

Offset. The hypersensitive would feel out of step with others to the point of believing themselves abnormal or being afraid of falling into madness.

Vivid emotions. The emotions of hypersensitive people are often heightened, sometimes out of control. The sensations they perceive hit them head-on and disturb their balance: this is why those around them find them “raw”, “on edge” or even “on edge” and find it difficult to follow their unpredictable behavior changes.

Subjects to excess. The hypersensitive are very anxious who flee their emotional overflow by accumulating excess (drugs, sex, alcohol, compulsive behaviors).

Sensitive to others. The hypersensitive would have a relationship with others of their own which pushes them to be reserved, shy, sensitive. They would like to recharge their batteries in silence, far from others and the crowd. However, this shyness does not go unnoticed: “Shy people, although reserved, can appear whimsical to those around them because of tastes, habits or fads that surprise others. Thus, a very high sensitivity often goes hand in hand with a strong originality » says psychoanalyst Tomasella.

Empathetic to the extreme. Although they appreciate solitude, the hypersensitive are generally invaluable supports for those close to them. Empathetic and attentive, they share joys and sufferings. 

During pregnancy, several hormones are produced in very large quantities in order to allow the proper development of the fetus. It is this hormone level that influences the moods of pregnant women and increases the sensations related to emotions.

Some individuals, when exposed to strong odors or chemicals, experience a set of neuropsychological, respiratory, cardiac, digestive, skin, etc. symptoms. About 15% of Western individuals would experience this type of unpleasant sensation when in contact with chemicals, while only 5% suffer from a marked intolerance diagnosed by a doctor.

In the light of our knowledge and if one relies on existing studies on the subject, high frequency electromagnetic waves, such as those used for telephony or for wireless Internet, would not cause anything else, on living tissues, that a local rise in temperature, and this, provided that they are extremely strong.

Some people, called “electrosensitive”, however claim to develop all kinds of physiological reactions in the presence of electromagnetic fields or waves. This led the WHO to officially recognize the electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome as psychological disorder. This is in many ways reminiscent of the skepticism displayed before the fibromyalgia, few years ago…