“You’re Too Sensitive” Isn’t Helpful — Here’s What Is, with Dr. Sasha Hamdani

Dr. Sasha Hamdani walked off a TEDx stage, found her husband in the lobby, and by the time he said “I guess I was just nervous for you,” she’d already decided her medical career was over. That three-minute spiral is Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, or RSD — a real, measurable, neurobiological response to rejection or criticism that shows up constantly in ADHD brains, in deeply feeling kids, and in the adults those kids grow into.

Dr. Becky and Dr. Hamdani, psychiatrist and author of Too Sensitive, get into the amygdala and prefrontal cortex mechanics behind RSD, the fine line between a kid being “dramatic” and a kid whose body is telling the truth, how rejection sensitivity quietly turns into people-pleasing (especially in girls), and what to do the next time your own kid rejects you.

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