Scott Barry Kaufman

So there are genes that influence you to be the kind of person who's sensitive to everything for better and worse. And then there are some people who seem to have a combination of genes that cause them to not be so affected by anything necessarily.

And for those who have the genes that make them really sensitive to everything, the environment, the epigenetics really, really matters for those folks because there's some really cool studies with summer camps that takes these kids who are prone to a general sensitivity and may show neurotic-like traits and cause them to really face their fears and in a very supportive, encouraging environment.

And for those who have the genes that make them really sensitive to everything, the environment, the epigenetics really, really matters for those folks because there's some really cool studies with summer camps that takes these kids who are prone to a general sensitivity and may show neurotic-like traits and cause them to really face their fears and in a very supportive, encouraging environment.

And for those who have the genes that make them really sensitive to everything, the environment, the epigenetics really, really matters for those folks because there's some really cool studies with summer camps that takes these kids who are prone to a general sensitivity and may show neurotic-like traits and cause them to really face their fears and in a very supportive, encouraging environment.

Rachel Gracioplany and Colin DeYoung did a great study about this, by the way. And really... support them and activate the curiosity element of this. Because sensitivity, it can go either way. It can cause you to avoid the world, but it can also, sensitivity doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing or a way of holding you back in life.

Rachel Gracioplany and Colin DeYoung did a great study about this, by the way. And really... support them and activate the curiosity element of this. Because sensitivity, it can go either way. It can cause you to avoid the world, but it can also, sensitivity doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing or a way of holding you back in life.

Rachel Gracioplany and Colin DeYoung did a great study about this, by the way. And really... support them and activate the curiosity element of this. Because sensitivity, it can go either way. It can cause you to avoid the world, but it can also, sensitivity doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing or a way of holding you back in life.

If you're in a supportive environment where you learn early enough that you can take that feeling of fear and anxiety and still act it actually gives you a sense of great resiliency and it gives you a great sense of curiosity. So they found that those kids had the highest, by the end of the summer camp, they had higher curiosity scores and openness to experience than anyone else in the camp.

If you're in a supportive environment where you learn early enough that you can take that feeling of fear and anxiety and still act it actually gives you a sense of great resiliency and it gives you a great sense of curiosity. So they found that those kids had the highest, by the end of the summer camp, they had higher curiosity scores and openness to experience than anyone else in the camp.

If you're in a supportive environment where you learn early enough that you can take that feeling of fear and anxiety and still act it actually gives you a sense of great resiliency and it gives you a great sense of curiosity. So they found that those kids had the highest, by the end of the summer camp, they had higher curiosity scores and openness to experience than anyone else in the camp.

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Yeah. And both, both, both. Yeah. It is true. The other way around is true as well. And it's, it's a real, it's a real shame. I mean, it, it matters a lot. What kind of partners you choose? Do you have sensitive, do you have partners who are sensitive to your triggers? Do you have partners who are going to gaslight you, abuse you, you know? Especially, you know, if you have a genome that

Yeah. And both, both, both. Yeah. It is true. The other way around is true as well. And it's, it's a real, it's a real shame. I mean, it, it matters a lot. What kind of partners you choose? Do you have sensitive, do you have partners who are sensitive to your triggers? Do you have partners who are going to gaslight you, abuse you, you know? Especially, you know, if you have a genome that

Yeah. And both, both, both. Yeah. It is true. The other way around is true as well. And it's, it's a real, it's a real shame. I mean, it, it matters a lot. What kind of partners you choose? Do you have sensitive, do you have partners who are sensitive to your triggers? Do you have partners who are going to gaslight you, abuse you, you know? Especially, you know, if you have a genome that

makes you super sensitive to that sort of thing it is interesting though there are some people these genes that don't that make them just rock solid like stoic regardless of like whatever's thrown at them um that that's interesting you know there's like a genetic peculiarity towards that as well you know i don't know maybe david got those genes or maybe he developed it maybe he's maybe he was the other way and he developed it who knows but um but it is interesting um

makes you super sensitive to that sort of thing it is interesting though there are some people these genes that don't that make them just rock solid like stoic regardless of like whatever's thrown at them um that that's interesting you know there's like a genetic peculiarity towards that as well you know i don't know maybe david got those genes or maybe he developed it maybe he's maybe he was the other way and he developed it who knows but um but it is interesting um

makes you super sensitive to that sort of thing it is interesting though there are some people these genes that don't that make them just rock solid like stoic regardless of like whatever's thrown at them um that that's interesting you know there's like a genetic peculiarity towards that as well you know i don't know maybe david got those genes or maybe he developed it maybe he's maybe he was the other way and he developed it who knows but um but it is interesting um

So yes, so of course we should have compassion as well for all the different ways epigenetics happen, but I don't think it means that there's no hope. I mean, like you said, it makes it harder, especially in childhood.