I was told by two of my teachers that I was gifted. I feel that as a person I am supressed, I was told I was too intense, too deep, too curious, too sensitive, too excited, too empathic, I move too quickly. Over time I started to hide and supress these traits and this dampened and shut down my nervous system to an extent. This is the cause of alot of my existential depression.
Frequently, I engage in conversations where my responses and ideas appear to baffle those I'm conversing with. It's not uncommon for them to request, "Let's revisit our previous point." Such reactions often leave me perplexed because my line of thought typically remains aligned with the central topic, without any significant divergence. As years passed, I began to question whether I truly comprehended the discussions of others. Eventually, I came to the realization that I wasn't straying from the subject at hand; instead, I was forming numerous connections and analogies that, to the other person, appeared tangential. This discovery left me feeling somewhat self-conscious.
Thank you for sharing your experinece. Embracing your unique way of thinking can lead to more enriching conversations and new insights. It's all about celebrating the diversity of thought and expression. 🌟
I've been onto this since a psychologist suggested i am at a gifted level. man. For a careless altruist i sure feel lonely intelectually quite a lot of the time. It comes with a lot of alienation.
I realized years later that my childhood friends were gifted. I faced bullying in grade school but still don’t know why they did it. My friends were outside the main social circles too and were even considered weird; I just thought they were interesting. The concentration of gifted children in the expat communities is far above average.
hello, would you happen to know some resources that talk about gifted children/people and expats/second generation immigrants etc? I'd love to learn more about that. thanks in advance!
The journey towards authenticity and self-acceptance intensifies for many in their fifties, myself included. I wish you all the best in yours, and give you two quotes for the road: "Gifts denied and delayed are not destroyed, no matter how many years have passed. It is quite common for long-repressed personal gifts to be revived and developed late in life. Sometimes the gift development is more effective when maturity provides a stabilising foundation." Mary Elaine-Jacobsen "We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." T.S. Eliot
I’d love to hear some content on the way that crisis or adversity affects a gifted adult. So why is it that gifted people ‘seem’ to have less resilience to difficult events than non gifted people. Why would we be so existentially thrown from a challenging event or threat? And what can we do to stabilise ourselves and cope better?
Maybe a DNA test would be better to identify giftedness than a IQ test! If It is genetic in some degree! I don't know! I think that a lot of non identified gfted adults have trauma!!
I was told by two of my teachers that I was gifted. I feel that as a person I am supressed, I was told I was too intense, too deep, too curious, too sensitive, too excited, too empathic, I move too quickly. Over time I started to hide and supress these traits and this dampened and shut down my nervous system to an extent. This is the cause of alot of my existential depression.
Frequently, I engage in conversations where my responses and ideas appear to baffle those I'm conversing with. It's not uncommon for them to request, "Let's revisit our previous point." Such reactions often leave me perplexed because my line of thought typically remains aligned with the central topic, without any significant divergence. As years passed, I began to question whether I truly comprehended the discussions of others. Eventually, I came to the realization that I wasn't straying from the subject at hand; instead, I was forming numerous connections and analogies that, to the other person, appeared tangential. This discovery left me feeling somewhat self-conscious.
Thank you for sharing your experinece. Embracing your unique way of thinking can lead to more enriching conversations and new insights. It's all about celebrating the diversity of thought and expression. 🌟
Its possibly/probably because you're delivering the information in a non typical fashion to a neurotypical.
This happens to me all the time. Thank you for sharing x
I've been onto this since a psychologist suggested i am at a gifted level. man. For a careless altruist i sure feel lonely intelectually quite a lot of the time. It comes with a lot of alienation.
Indeed :(
I realized years later that my childhood friends were gifted. I faced bullying in grade school but still don’t know why they did it. My friends were outside the main social circles too and were even considered weird; I just thought they were interesting. The concentration of gifted children in the expat communities is far above average.
That makes sense, as the gifted tend to be more anti authoritarian.
hello, would you happen to know some resources that talk about gifted children/people and expats/second generation immigrants etc? I'd love to learn more about that. thanks in advance!
52 yrs old. Just now questioning myself about this subject. Researching now.
The journey towards authenticity and self-acceptance intensifies for many in their fifties, myself included. I wish you all the best in yours, and give you two quotes for the road:
"Gifts denied and delayed are not destroyed, no matter how many years have passed. It is quite common for long-repressed personal gifts to be revived and developed late in life. Sometimes the gift development is more effective when maturity provides a stabilising foundation."
Mary Elaine-Jacobsen
"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
T.S. Eliot
I’d love to hear some content on the way that crisis or adversity affects a gifted adult. So why is it that gifted people ‘seem’ to have less resilience to difficult events than non gifted people. Why would we be so existentially thrown from a challenging event or threat? And what can we do to stabilise ourselves and cope better?
Thx for the suggestion!!! Will work on that x
Which assessments are being referred to towards the end?
Maybe a DNA test would be better to identify giftedness than a IQ test! If It is genetic in some degree! I don't know! I think that a lot of non identified gfted adults have trauma!!
Wish Imi would shutup a bit more, want to hear from Jennifer not Imi chiming in all the time
Thank you for the comment. I will strive to improve