Sometimes though I feel like he is aware of things that are NOT there. For example he will over-interpret my tone of voice and put a negative spin on something I have said when there is absolutely no negativity within me.

That one I cannot relate to because I am not that sensitive to how people talk to me or if peple yell at me. My sensitivities are more toward the physical world and not about whether a person is "rude" or "mean" to me. While I can hear intonation easily, it still doesn't AFFECT me.

I can sympathize because my XH used to "hear" things that I never said OR he would be sure of my emotion even if I told him aboslutely that I did not feel what he thought. In this case I am not so sure this is an HSP sensitivity. I would guess this could be more of a FOO sensitivity.

That's the confusion I felt CObra alluded to - I think there can be "inborn" sensitivities and some developed sensitivities.



But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ~Albert Camus