I have read the book "the Highly Sensitive Person" by Elaine Aron (http://www.hsperson.com/) and both my husband and I self-identify as HSPs (Highly Sensitive People). Learning about this character-type really helped me understand myself better, and realize I'm not the complete "freak" I always thought I was.
Check out this cool link on PC with an interview with a "professional HSP" who describes the plusses and minuses of living as an HSP:
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...hly-sensitive/