How to Successfully Interact with Highly Sensitive People. What has been written about the phenomenon of high sensitivity so far has helped highly sensitive individuals understand themselves better and manage their lives more effectively. But what about those who are friends with, live with, or work alongside highly sensitive people? This book addresses their perspective. Those who interact with highly sensitive individuals face certain challenges. They are expected to empathize with emotional experiences that they do not know from their own experience, to show understanding for something they (understandably) cannot grasp because it does not align with their way of thinking. "Don't take it so personally," "Don't make a drama out of it!" "What is it this time?" - comments like these are often made by people in the environment regarding the reactions of highly sensitive individuals.