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The H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P.:
Understanding the Anomalously Sensitive Person

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Dedication	.......................................................................................	iii
Acknowledgements	.......................................................................................	iv
Forward	.......................................................................................	ix
Preface	.......................................................................................	xiii
Introduction	.......................................................................................	xvi

	PART I: THE CONCEPTS

CHAPTER 1:	REALIZATIONS ................................................................	21
	Schizotypals Everywhere ...............................................	22
	Liza ................................................................................	24
	Beyond the Personal ......................................................	27
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	32

CHAPTER 2:	DEBUNKERS ....................................................................	33
	Motivations for Debunking ..............................................	34
	Church as Institutional Debunker ...................................	39
	Science as Institutional Debunker ..................................	41
	Principal Arguments of Debunkers ..................................	44
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	50

CHAPTER 3:	THE PROJECT ..................................................................	51
	The Monk and the Hot Dog Vendor ................................	52
	The HISS ........................................................................	55
	Broad-Brush Findings .....................................................	58
	The ASP ..........................................................................	59
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	62

CHAPTER 4:	BIOLOGICAL PREDISPOSITIONS TOWARD SENSITIVITIES ...................	65
	Star People Questionnaire .............................................	66
	Anomalous Cerebral Laterality .......................................	66
	Studies of Left-Handers .................................................	71
	Biochemical Factors ........................................................	73
	Miscellaneous Phenomena .............................................	78
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	80

CHAPTER 5:	TRAUMA AND ABUSE PREDISPOSITIONS TOWARD SENSITIVITIES ...................	81
	Trauma ...........................................................................	82
	Dissociation ....................................................................	84
	Links to FPP and FMS .....................................................	86
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	88

CHAPTER 6:	TEMPERAMENT TYPE PREFERENCES PREDISPOSITIONS TOWARD SENSITIVITIES ...................	89
	The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ....................................	90
	The Intorverted Intuitive (IN--) ......................................	92
	The Intuitive Feeler (-NF-) & Intuitive Thinker (-NT-) ......	94
	Judging (---J) & Perceiving (---P) ....................................	96
	The INFJ & INTJ ..............................................................	97
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	103

CHAPTER 7:	PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF SENSITIVITIES ......................................	105
	Health and Longevity Implications .................................	107
	Coming to Their Senses .................................................	113
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	114

CHAPTER 8:	COGNITIVE INDICATORS OF SENSITIVITIES ......................................	115
	Language and Learning Disorders .................................	119
	Intelligences and Paradoxes ..........................................	122
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	134

CHAPTER 9:	EMOTIONAL INDICATORS OF SENSITIVITIES ......................................	135
	Emotionality and Emotional Acuity .................................	137
	The Triune Brain .............................................................	140
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	144

CHAPTER 10:	ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS INDICATORS OF SENSITIVITIES ......................................	145
	Consciousness ...............................................................	148
	Altered States of Consciousness ...................................	155
	Hallucinations ................................................................	158
	Dissociation, Association and Hypnosis .........................	163
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	169

CHAPTER 11:	TRANSPERSONAL EXPERIENCES INDICATORS OF SENSITIVITIES ......................................	171
	The Transpersonal Realm ...............................................	174
	Electro-Magnetic Radiation .............................................	187
	Epilepsy and Kundalini ...................................................	192
	The Imaginal Realm ........................................................	197
	The Quantum Realm .......................................................	200
	The Short Version ...........................................................	213
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	216

CHAPTER 12:	THE FUTURE ....................................................................	219
	The Future of the HISS ...................................................	222
	The Future of the ASP ....................................................	227
	Of Lizards and Wizards ..................................................	238
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	241

	PART II: THE EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 13:	A STATISTICAL PRIMER ...................................................	245
	Pictures ..........................................................................	246
	Correlations ...................................................................	250
	Probabilities ...................................................................	253
	Additional Points ............................................................	257
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	259

CHAPTER 14:	THE FINDINGS ................................................................	261
	Overview ........................................................................	264
	Biological (BIO) Scale Scores ..........................................	272
	Trauma and Abuse (TAB) Scale Scores ...........................	274
	Temperament Type Preferences (TTP) Scale Scores .......	275
	Physiological (PHS) Scale Scores ....................................	277
	Cognitive (COG) Scale Scores .........................................	279
	Emotional (EMO) Scale Scores ........................................	280
	Altered States of Consciousness (ASC) Scale Scores .....	281
	Transpersonal Experiences (TPE) Scale Scores ..............	282
	Explanatory (EXP) Scale Scores ......................................	286
	Recapitulation ................................................................	289
	Chapter Summary ..........................................................	292

APPENDIX A:	THE HISS QUESTIONNAIRE .............................................	297

APPENDIX B:	INDEX OF HISS SCALES ..................................................	313

APPENDIX C:	COMPOSITION OF HISS SCALES .....................................	315

APPENDIX D:	THE HISS EMS SCALE ......................................................	319

APPENDIX E:	DOUBLE-CHECKING ........................................................	321

APPENDIX F:	RESOURCES FOR THE ASP ..............................................	327

APPENDIX G:	OTHER QUESTIONNAIRES ...............................................	333

GLOSSARY	.......................................................................................	335

SOURCES	.......................................................................................	355

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY	.......................................................................................	369

INDEX	.......................................................................................	379

LIST OF TABLES	.......................................................................................	389

LIST OF CHARTS	.......................................................................................	390

Understanding the Anomalously Sensitive Person

The H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P.: Understanding the Anomalously Sensitive Person

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The H.I.S.S. of the A.S.P.:
Understanding the Anomalously Sensitive Person

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