The Nervous System Isn’t Weak — It’s Adaptive

Why “being sensitive” may actually be a sign of deeper health intelligence

We often hear that some people are “too sensitive.”

Too sensitive to cold.
Too emotional under stress.
Too reactive in perimenopause or after fasting.

But what if sensitivity is not a flaw — what if it’s a feature?

As a metabolic scientist, I see the body’s stress response as a language — one that speaks in heart rate, tension, temperature, fatigue. What we …