Sorry I should have been a bit clearer. Yes I was referring to the actual term "highly sensitive person" as described in the Wikipedia link. I think it seems to apply to me and my children. I thought maybe exploring it more might help me understand my own and my children's sensitivity as well as maybe explain to DH why I get upset so easily. But I had never heard of it before, maybe most people have not.
I know you posted this a while ago, but could the issue potentially be overexcitabilities? Have a look at this article:
http://giftedkids.about.com/od/gifted101/a/overexcite.htm DS6 exhibits all of those. In fact, that is the main reason we're going to have him tested in a few months.
