Resources

These original video narrations and explanations are created by Kareem Forbes to illustrate core concepts of the Sensitivity Threshold Model (STM). They provide accessible, systems-based insights into how sensitivity, stress, and overload contribute to mental and physical illness.

Here you’ll find scholarly articles, position papers, and reviews from across disciplines. Each is accompanied by a ChatGPT-evaluated summary assessing its relevance to STM—whether it supports, partially aligns with, or challenges the model’s claims.

Focused on healing and system stabilization, this section presents approaches to recovery for individuals affected by sensitivity-related overload syndromes, including schizophrenia, autoimmune conditions, and chronic stress disorders. Emphasizing environmental modulation, cognitive rest, nutrition, and self-regulation, these resources align with STM’s holistic, systems-based path to resilience and repair.

This section features selected videos by other creators—researchers, clinicians, and educators—whose work intersects with or illuminates key themes of STM. Each video includes a brief note on how it aligns with or diverges from STM principles.

This section explores strategies and interventions aimed at preventing cognitive overload and system breakdown in highly sensitive individuals. Drawing from neuroscience, stress biology, and lifestyle medicine, these resources highlight ways to reduce environmental, sensory, and emotional load—key to minimizing risk in those predisposed to STM-related disorders.

This section gathers diverse resources that don’t fall neatly into the categories above but still offer meaningful insight into STM-related concepts. Whether it’s a podcast episode on sensory processing, a book on systems thinking, or a tool for stress reduction, each item contributes to a broader understanding of sensitivity, overload, and system resilience.