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Thrill: Embracing the Creative Paradox of Sensitivity and Sensation Seeking

Thrill: Embracing the Creative Paradox of Sensitivity and Sensation Seeking

Cooper, Tracy

Paperback

CognitionGeneral PsychologySelf-Help

ISBN13: 9798188199265
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 10 2026
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thrill: Embracing the Creative Paradox of Sensitivity and Sensation Seeking (Second Edition) is Dr. Tracy Cooper's research-based look at people who combine two traits rarely studied together: sensation seeking, the drive toward novelty, risk, and intensity, and high sensitivity, the deep processing and emotional attunement tied to a finely tuned nervous system. Roughly thirty percent of the population carries both traits, and for creative thinkers, that combination often produces both a heightened intake of ideas and original solutions, perspectives, and strategies.

This second edition is built on an original study Cooper conducted specifically for this book, adding a new framework to better understand how creativity manifests in Sensitive Sensation Seekers. The result is an evidence-based picture of how sensation seeking and high sensitivity interact in creative thinking across multiple life domains.

What's New in This Edition

  • Original research findings from Sensitive Sensation Seekers ground the book's core framework.
  • A closer look at how bursts of stimulation and stretches of withdrawal shape creative thinking, from first spark to finished idea.
  • A direct challenge to standard creativity advice, and what works for this paradoxical temperament instead.
  • Real-life examples spanning risk, career change, parenting, relationships, and navigating conflict.
  • Practical tools for structuring work, relationships, and recovery around a nervous system built for both intensity and depth.
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