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The Less Obvious Traits of Giftedness — Intense Emotions, Intuition, and Empathy
“…And it also surprises me how people can’t see the interactions between things, and the affects they have on other things. The ecology of the everything, the intertwining of the systems. It is so natural to me that I’ve only realized in the past few years that other people either don’t have this ability at…
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The Lonely World of the Gifted Adult — Too Smart, Too Sensitive, Too Emotional, Too Curious
It is part of the mythology of giftedness that super smart people have it made. That they are successful, rich, and appreciated for their cleverness. That they don’t really need much companionship because they are totally content in their labs studying fruit flies or in the library immersed in piles of books on obscure philosophical…