If you are, you are not alone! 15-20% of the population are considered to be HSP. They’re born that way. It's found in children from birth and even animals. HSP is linked to genes that affect the availability of Serotonin and Dopamine in the brain. It just means that a HSP’s brain is more sensitive to outside stimuli and their nervous system can become overloaded more easily than others. I can relate to this - I am a HSP. It took me a long time to learn that this even existed