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High Sensitivity


Why Do I Feel So Anxious After a Breakup? Understanding Heartbreak and the Nervous System
When a relationship ends, the brain doesn't simply lose a partner. It loses familiarity, predictability, shared routines, physical closeness, future plans, and often a sense of identity. The nervous system suddenly finds itself without one of the people it had learned to regulate alongside.
Annelies Basten
1 day ago8 min read


Is Insomnia Hereditary?
What Science Tells Us About Genetics, Sensitivity and Why Sleep Problems Often Run in Families If you've ever searched whether insomnia is hereditary, you're certainly not alone. It's a question I hear regularly, and it's easy to understand why people ask it. Perhaps your mother struggled with sleep for years, your father always described himself as "a bad sleeper," or your grandmother relied on sleeping tablets for much of her adult life. After seeing the same pattern repeat
Annelies Basten
Jul 27 min read
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