Episode 24: High Definition Pain

Episode 24: High Definition Pain Highly Sensitive Nervous Systems and Chronic Pain: Sensory Processing Sensitivity, Allostatic Load, and What Actually Helps Dr. Zev Nevo explains how highly sensitive persons (HSPs)—a neurobiological trait affecting about 20–33% of people—may experience chronic pain differently due to heightened sensory processing and insula activity, leading to vivid pain descriptions often misread as catastrophizing. He describes “bidirectional sensitization,” where sensory...