: It's definitely not bogus, and if anything, interest is surging.  Aron has said that Susan Cain's concept of introverts in her 2012 bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking is in fact the same as HSPs. See: 
 :*Aron, Elaine N., Ph.D,  "Understanding the Highly Sensitivity Person: Sensitive, Introverted, or Both? | Extraverted HSPs face unique challenges" (WebCite archive), Psychology Today, July 21, 2011. 
 :*Aron, Elaine N., Ph.D, "Time Magazine: "The Power of (Shyness)" and High Sensitivity" | ... Quiet describes HSPs (WebCite archive), Psychology Today, February 2, 2012. 
 :*See also the paragraph added to then-line-116 of Quiet:... in this edit. 
 This HSP article should definitely stay.