Gifted adults how to#
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The following websites provide more information on this area and will help you to find out if you might fit into this category. Some of the concepts used to describe adults are multipotentiality and twice-exceptional (or 2e, which is also used in connection with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which gifted adults are sometimes misdiagnosed with).

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Mindfulness can contribute to this, plus it can also help in identifying some of the traits associated with it.

Gifted adults how to#

So life is not always easy for a ‘gifted’ adult, until they realise who they are and identify how to live in the world effectively. Similarly, the people around them can get frustrated at what appears to be their inability to settle on one thing or to slow down. Gifted adults find life in a society with this attitude very difficult and they can get very frustrated and critical of people around them. Most people like stability and security, and a good life would be one with a lengthy career in the same job or company before retiring to do a hobby or two. The problem here is that this is not how most people live. It would not be unusual for them to have multiple careers in a lifetime and consider that to be normal – and may be doing two or three of those careers at any one time together with some hobbies too. This would also be without the need for ‘wasteful’ small talk before doing so.Ī gifted adult often has lots of drive and can quickly understand new ideas and concepts. So they could be talking one minute about deep philosophical issues related to life in general and then the next minute be discussing nuclear physics, with the ability to flit between the two and have enough knowledge to hold a conversation with an expert in both. They do tend to be considered ‘clever’, but the defining characteristics are that they tend to have above average skills in multiple areas, all of which they can do simultaneously. This leads to confidence, control, self-esteem and succeed.When we think of someone as being ‘gifted’ we instinctively think of them as being highly intelligent, perhaps even a child prodigy. Therapy helps provide understanding of the advantages of Giftedness, giving tools to use skills for success. Many clients struggle with a lifetime of feeling ‘different’ from others, finding themselves insecure, isolated or anxious.

I have worked with Gifted adults and children for 10 years, using CBT therapy, Counselling and Hypnosis. Misdiagnosis – wrongly labeled as ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, OCD or depression.Burnout – exhausted from over-work and high expectations.Lacking in empathy or acceptance of failure Impatience – quickly frustrated at themselves or others.Isolation Alienation Meaninglessness Lack of focus and direction Existential depression is generally understood to be caused by personal, environment and professional. Controlling – bossy, seeks unhealthy control Gifted Adults Existential depression is the most common type of depression in gifted adults.Over-developed sense of right and wrong.Holding back in social situations, feeling awkward communicating.High observation and intellectual skills.Intense sensitivity to criticism or anger.Perfectionism or fear of failure – avoidance of disappointment by refusing to do tasks, such as homework.Depression or high anxiety – insomnia, obsessions or bad behaviour.Difficulty making friends – feelings different, shyness, low self esteem, or bullying Gifted adults who did not have support for creating friendships as children may continue to feel that they just dont fit in, and therefore they give up on.Escape into other activities without relief.Doubts about self, abilities or competence.Off balance physically, mentally or emotionally.A need to be intellectually challenged, or face boredom.High morals and a need to speak openly about them.Skills in abstract thinking and seeing patterns.Non-gifted students fit more easily into the educational system, being less demanding. Surprisingly, many Gifted young people do badly at school or fail at University – often through boredom or finding classes un-challenging. These skills can help but also cause problems, particularly when not identified. Many Gifted people are highly driven, able to do several things at one time, impatient with delay and quickly bored.