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The Gifted Human’s Guide To Normal
You may think that you’re normal because you’ve always been the way that you are. It feels normal to be you. You may not spend much time comparing yourself to others. At the same time, you may often feel weird, left out, and misunderstood. Different. It’s a paradox. You can feel normal and abnormal at…
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When People Find Your Intellect Intimidating — A Guide For Gifted Women
You don’t do it on purpose. Intimidate people. You’re just being you. In fact, you’re holding back. Slowing down. Smiling. Being gracious. Stifling your curiosity and your perceptions. Carefully selecting from the scores of effervescent thoughts that continuously swirl around in your brain. If they only knew how much you’re NOT showing. Oh, boy. And…
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Communicating — When Your Mind Travels At Warp Speed
You have a lot to say. A gazillion ideas run through your head. Insight. Analysis. Book reviews. Strong opinions. Inventions. Songs. Stories. Responsibilities. Poems. To Do Lists. Intuitions. Worries. Self-criticism. Images of catastrophes yet to unfold. You may have trouble communicating these ideas. Being heard. Feeling understood. For several possible reasons: How do you choose which…
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The Contradictions Of Giftedness
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes.” It appears that Walt Whitman knew something about rainforest minds. You are large. You contain multitudes. But how do you live with your multitudinous-ness when other humans find you overwhelming. And when you find you overwhelming. How do…
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How To Deal With Under-Thinkers When You’re An Over-Thinker
You’ve been called an over-thinker. You never. stop. thinking. Deep, wide, fast thinking comes naturally to your rainforest mind. You may need to learn to appreciate your capacity for complexity, analysis, synthesis, and learning instead of seeing yourself as obsessive, neurotic and diagnosable. But what about the under-thinkers in the world? I’m not mentioning any…
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Dumb Down No More
You may have been told that you ought to keep quiet about your intelligence and your achievements. You may have been told that others will feel bad if you express enthusiasm for something that you know. You may have been called a show-off or a know-it-all. Well, it’s time to stop dumbing yourself down. You…
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A Party For Book Lovers, Introverts, And Geeks
You are not going to believe this. If you’ve been looking for a way to find other rainforest minds, this may be your answer. I’m not kidding. A Silent Reading Party. You heard me. A fellow named Christopher Frizzelle, in Seattle, USA, created this event. People come together and read. No small talk. No chitchat.…
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How To Find A Mate With A Rainforest Mind
How does a highly sensitive, intense, emotional, analytical, gifted, creative human find another highly sensitive, intense, emotional, analytical, gifted, creative human? Can two such humans get together and manage an intimate relationship without imploding or exploding or interploding? (I just made that last word up. But you can imagine it, can’t you?) You’re probably not worrying…
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The Gifted Adult’s Guide to Finding Friends
You’re sensitive. Empathetic. Funny. Generous. Smart. Adorable. And yet, you have trouble finding friends. I’m here to help. I’ve gathered my five favorite posts on relationships here so that you don’t need to go searching for them. I’d suggest that you read them all to get my comprehensive take on this topic. You’ll be able to…
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