From Cynthia Sue Larson, Editor RealityShifters News:
Finally -- a book has arrived that scientifically
demystifies the "sensitive"! For years, the general
public has looked askance at individuals with anomalous
sensitivities, often labeling them "crazy," since
normal people don't see ghosts or spirits, talk to
trees, recall past lives, or claim to influence the
world with psychokinesis. Psychologists examining
such sensitives using traditional diagnostic guidebooks,
such as the DSM, have often been confused when they've
found these individuals are often diagnosable with
eight or more simultaneous valid psychological and
medical conditions! Clearly there is something more
going on than traditional psychology has understood.
David Ritchey's The "H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P." covers
ten years of scientific research and fifteen years
of clinical psychological insights, as it describes
how many of the sensitivities of the Anomalously Sensitive
Person (ASP) can be objectively measured on a Holistic
Inventory of Stimulus Sensitivities (HISS). The HISS
test can be administered to determine what kind of
sensitivity a person has, and is included along with
detailed analyses of the variables being studied.
While "The H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P." is packed
with details about interpreting test scores, it keeps
the reader awake with amusing anecdotes and entertaining
cartoons and quotes throughout.
The "H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P." will clearly
be required reading for all serious students of psychology,
as it clarifies centuries of confusion on the subject
of how best to understand and support anomalously
sensitive individuals.
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