Giftedness and Education

Posted by | 0 comments Education is an area that presents a problem for many gifted people. Sometimes school means being academically successful yet socially ostracized; other times it means failing because we just aren't excited about or motivated by anything that's going on; and at yet other times it means just feeling lost, not knowing which way to go or what path to take.
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Misdiagnosed Depression in Gifted Adults

Posted by | 8 comments How is it that gifted adults, and even children, so easily become depressed? This is an interesting question that has been touched upon by many authors of many books over many years. One part of giftedness is experiencing life at a deeper level than the average person -- seeing beyond the facades of the world to the real and sometimes horrifying issues that lay hiding beneath.
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Reaching Beyond Age

Posted by | 0 comments For the most part people seem to spend time with others who are similar in age to them. They share common school experiences, common life experiences, and even common styles and preferences. The gifted adult, on the other hand, may not have bonds with others in exactly the same way.
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Conquering Gifted Perfectionism

Posted by | 0 comments Battling perfectionism is a huge struggle that many gifted adults face. Whether it’s taking too long to accomplish a task, or never moving forward in life, or fighting against depression because we’re always feeling too far away from where we think we should be, perfectionism can be debilitating in any of these forms. But there is a positive side to perfectionism...
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Living with Gifted Extremes

Posted by | 0 comments Extreme. Intense. Sensitive. Hyperfocused. These are the kinds of words that describe the everyday experiences of gifted adults. Whether it's the swing of strong emotion, or the desire to perfect everything we do, or the need to have things move 10 times faster than they are, extremes are often the way we live.
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Preventing Gifted Depression

Posted by | 22 comments Depression comes in many forms for the gifted adult. The word 'depression' is used so commonly these days, the meaning people associate with it can be anything from feeling a little down or not quite yourself, to full blown clinical depression that requires medication to address.
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A Free Gifted Screensaver!

Posted by | 0 comments There's a special treat for you today - a free screensaver with messages for everyone who's gifted! Just click on the link below and enjoy.
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Let’s Venture Into the Darkness…

Posted by | 0 comments Let's venture into the darkness for a moment, into an area that frequently gets avoided because of its off-the-wall nature, and our need to see and express well beyond the norm just to touch its surface...
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Will they discover the TRUTH about you?

Posted by | 0 comments Does any of this sound like you? As a gifted adult, the answers to these quiz questions may reveal something about you that you really should know.
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How to Keep Focus – Or Should You?

Posted by | 2 comments I love the picture above because for me it so accurately represents what it often feels like to be gifted. Being gifted means having interests and passions about many things at the same time. For some people their interests follow one another where they absolutely adore one subject area for a week or a month, or half a year. Then they drop that like a hot potato and are excited about something else. For other people they have a whole cycle of things they want to explore all at the same time, jumping from one to another during a short period of time.
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Just a thought…

Posted by | 0 comments Perhaps this is true, but does it need to be that way?
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Signs of Giftedness in Adulthood

Posted by | 1 comment If you're wondering, as a gifted adult, what characterizes your giftedness, you may be interested in this article.
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