A post on the HSP Notes blog - Of Giftedness, ADD, Depression, and being an HSP - says “Existential Depression.. generally doesn’t affect many people, except in a very fleeting and vague manner. However, it is extremely prevalent among highly gifted sensitive adults. It’s pervasive, non-specific, numbing and immobolizing — in some cases causing the [...]
Entries from May 2006
Existential Depression
Brilliant and flawed
Asked how her character Dr. Allison Cameron in the tv series “House” can be so attracted to Dr. Gregory House [played by Hugh Laurie], actor Jennifer Morrison agreed House is a “misanthrope” but thinks he also has “that rebellious Renaissance man thing going that women find endlessly attractive.
“House speaks 10 different languages, plays the piano, [...]
Social reactions
Actor Richard E. Grant commented in a recent interview, “You only learn about yourself, it seems, from how other people react or what they tell you about yourself. From the get go I’ve been accused of asking too many questions and being too passionate and extreme about what I like or what I don’t like….
“It’s [...]
Admit your assets
One of the reasons many of us have challenges in realizing and expressing our exceptional abilities is that we don’t honestly acknowledge them.
In our interview, Kathleen Noble, Ph.D., a Professor of Women’s Studies at the Univ of Washington, Seattle, commented, “Change has to come in terms of both social evolution and individual. Most of the [...]
Celebrating our unique qualities
In researching my site [Talent Development Resources] about issues that impact personal development and creative expression for gifted and talented people, I have perhaps been “guilty” of emphasizing the problem side of topics such as introversion, self esteem, high sensitivity etc.
But many authors, filmmakers and other creators have been able to celebrate even difficult or [...]
Unrealized talent
Actor Eric Roberts comments on his site [ericrobertsactor.com]: “Unrealized talent does not make a comfortable chair, unless you’ve sat on it your whole life, then it makes it a dangerously comfortable chair.”
An article last year noted that “many gifted adults - even some who were enrolled in accelerated programs as schoolchildren - may not be [...]
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