oversensitive
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“It’s an oversensitive dopamine response that leads to varied feelings, ” says therapist and author Marissa Zwetow.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026
The mightiest of Vought’s ultra-marketed superstars, Homelander, played by Antony Starr, is believed by many in the world of “The Boys” to be America’s greatest hero; in reality, he’s an oversensitive, egotistical demagogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
But we don't know why some people have an oversensitive nervous system - and why it reacts to some things and not others.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
According to study leader Gregory Barton, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, identifying these mutations could help doctors deliver a personalized treatment to patients with oversensitive TLRs and, in particular, oversensitive TLR7 receptors.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
Also, he was Jewish, and although Lawrence was not an anti-Semite, he could be oversensitive to ethnic distinctions, possibly because of his upbringing in an ethnically homogenous rural community.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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