Orchids and dandelions

Orchids and dandelions

This time it is something good. A teacher praised you. The purple line is a person whose feelings move a lot, and the yellow line is someone whose feelings move less. People who feel strongly hurt more when things go wrong, but they also feel more joy when things go right. Big feelings are not a weakness. They come from being more sensitive to what is around you.

Why?Researchers compared these people to orchids, and people who do fine almost anywhere to dandelions. An orchid wilts easily in a rough place, but with good care it blooms more brightly than anything. Sensitive children had a harder time in tough homes, and actually did better than others in warm ones.

Go furtherThe American pediatrician Thomas Boyce and the psychologist Bruce Ellis put forward this idea in 2005. Today, researchers see sensitivity as something that varies a little from person to person, rather than splitting people into just two kinds.