Originally Posted by GailP
It sounds a little like an aspect of overexcitabilities. There was a Hoagies blog hop this month on this topic. You might be interested in checking out some of the articles: http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/blog_hop_overexcitabilities.htm

Thanks for the link. I especially liked the one by Gail Post. Her suggestion to try mindfulness was something I wasn't aware of. It seems to be a way to calm down after the initial reaction instead of stopping it altogether, though. I think like aeh said, more maturing will help.