Volume Control: a guidebook for highly sensitive people in a loud & spiky world -- Jen Butler, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science Despite his efforts to remain

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Volume Control: a guidebook for highly sensitive people in a loud & spiky world -- Jen Butler, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science Despite his efforts to remainVolume Control is a quirky, doodled guidebook that Jen Butler (@jenbutlersays) wrote for herself when she realized that she had the emotional regulation skills of an overtired toddler. (She was in her thirties, so it wasn't cute anymore.)Her sensitivities were maxed out, making daily life feel impossible. Emotionally, she swung between unbearable lows and scary highs. Her loved ones walked on eggshells around her, fearing one wrong word could trigger