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When musical gifts become perceptual prisons

I have perfect pitch but I obsess over every slightly out-of-tune note I hear and it is ruining my ability to enjoy any live music.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Heightened sensitivity can transform from blessing to burden when the nervous system lacks regulation.

Ideas that help explain it
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