What if “too much” was never an objective description of who you are?

In Episode 8 of Wild Child Summer, we enter Phase 3: The Confronting—and begin with one of the most painful labels many people carry: too much.

Too loud. Too sensitive. Too needy. Too emotional. Too intense.

But the question this episode asks is deceptively simple: Too much for whom?

We explore Elaine Aron’s research on sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), a normal trait characterized by deeper processing of sensory and emotional information. People high in SPS may notice subtleties others miss, experience emotions deeply, and become more easily overwhelmed by highly stimulating environments. Research suggests that sensitivity is not inherently a deficit; its effects can depend signifi ...