From Dr. Sasha Hamdani, board-certified psychiatrist and one of the most trusted voices in digital mental health, comes a groundbreaking exploration of an overlooked and frequently misunderstood phenomenon: emotional sensitivity. Too much. Too emotional. Too sensitive. These are the labels often applied to people whose reactions to everyday moments-a late reply, a last-minute meeting invite, a subtle shift in tone-feel immediate and overwhelming. What begins as a small uncertainty can spiral into shame, self-doubt, and withdrawal. The reaction may seem disproportionate from the outside, but the distress is deeply real. But what if this is not a personality flaw, but biology? For Dr. Hamdani, that question was both clinical and personal. Despite professional success and outward confidence, she struggled privately with intense emotional sensitivity. In her work, she repeatedly saw capable, accomplished individuals undone by powerful waves of perceived rejection and self-criticism. In Too Sensitive, she offers the framework she once needed herself. Emotional sensitivity is not weakness. It reflects a highly responsive nervous system shaped by identifiable neurobiological processes. Blending psychiatry, neuroscience, and lived experience, Dr. Hamdani delivers a rigorous yet accessible examination of rejection sensitive dysphoria and emotional reactivity. She introduces the first evidence-based assessment tool designed specifically to identify patterns of rejection sensitivity, giving readers language and clarity for experiences that often go unnamed. She then explains how dopamine dysregulation, limbic overactivation, and stress-system sensitivity can intensify perceived rejection. Rather than pathologizing sensitivity, she reframes it as both a neurological vulnerability and a powerful form of emotional attunement. Most importantly, she provides practical, research-informed tools to help readers regulate emotional surges, interrupt spirals in real time, and build resilience in relationships, work, and identity. Insightful and validating, Too Sensitive challenges the narrative that equates sensitivity with fragility and instead positions emotional depth as a strength that can be understood, managed, and harnessed for growth. ...

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Dr Sasha Hamdani is a Board-certified psychiatrist and ADHD clinical specialist with a millions-strong social media following across TikTok and Instagram (@thepsychdoctormd). Online, she breaks down stigma and provides accessible information about Rejection Sensitivity Disorder and ADHD from the unique perspective of someone who has been both a patient and a provider. She is the author of Too Sensitive.

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**'A powerful new way to understand yourself' - Louann Brizendine, bestselling author of The Female Brain

'A lifeline' - Dr Judith Joseph, bestselling author of High Functioning

For anyone who has every felt like they are too much. Too emotional. Too sensitive.**

*A lack of response from a friend about weekend plans has you replaying every interaction.

A short, blunt message from your manager leaves you convinced you're in trouble.

Your partner is distant for a minute, and you assume the relationship's over.*

From leading psychiatrist Dr Sasha Hamdani - aka @thepsychdoctormd - comes this groundbreaking, practical guide to an overlooked, frequently misunderstood phenomenon: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Often, but not exclusively, found in people with ADHD, RSD is extreme emotional pain triggered by the perception of rejection or criticism.

Blending psychiatry, neuroscience and her own lived experience, Dr Hamdani offers a clear explanation of the condition, and a questionnaire to assess your own level of emotional sensitivity. Her 'Calm Your Mind' twelve-step protocol is a suite of tools, from 'Label Your Emotions' to 'Understand Your Triggers', proven to help handle extreme emotion and spiralling.

Too Sensitive also features an extensive rundown of real-life situations known to trigger RSD, covering relationships, work and career, friendships, family and self worth and sets out how to manage them, in the moment.

'Whether you've always known you were "sensitive" or you're just beginning to understand it, this is your guide to turning that sensitivity into strength.' - Dr Sasha Hamdani