Celebrating giftedness: You may be gifted - get over it

Douglas Eby — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:58:03 +0000

Hello. Glad you found the "gifted ogtoc site" at http://giftedonlineconferences.ning.com/ Dr. Linda Silverman has a great deal of experience and understanding of gifted people - one of her articles on my site is The Universal Experience of Being Out-of-Sync http://talentdevelop.com/articles/TUEOBO.html Anxiety and depression affect many of us - see the sections Depression and Creativity http://depressionandcreativity.org/ Anxiety Relief Solutions http://anxietyreliefsolutions.com/ A "true diagnosis" is difficult for divergent minds. What really matters is probably learning what works for us individually, to help us live with the chaos that also fuels creativity and advanced potential.

Celebrating giftedness: You may be gifted - get over it

rick — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:59:59 +0000

hello
I found this site via the other gifted ogtoc site you posted on.
I tend to ramble and I,m tired I also fit a unique category I,m finding out “so far”
I started my “gifted” reading again because of seeing Mrs Silverman on pbs wow . I have an 11 yr old d.d who is “GIFTED” I do not use or much care for this word as a TAG for a kid, used way to much and more than 1/2 of the parents are greatly exaggerating this WORD trying to make some little Einsteins lol. oops see you in therapy lol I only this yr truly have thought this kid earned this Tag lol.
Nor do I care much for I.Q test scores if they are boasted at all ,I have taken more than a dozen of these in my life lol. also the s.a.t at 16 (i,m 45)The g.e.d twice and never even picked up the scores or graduated .. then the navy entrance the next yr . placing top 5 to 8 % on that top 2to 5% on others lol sorry rambling
I wrote to say thank you for going to trouble to write a lot of this I learned the answers to a few of my probs in the first 1/2 hr.
I have some unique probs now in life because I have a seizure disorder and lost a lot of memory along with dealing with clinical depression ??? and serious ptsd problems ,brought on by dealing with ex wifes ??bi polar probs.. lol yes a lot
Just prior to that I /we were the happiest people around, and I had discovered information dealing with adhd. lol I am still on the wire with this as a true diagnosis but my picture should be on the cover of the book wow no joke I check every thing on the list. wow .
was weird to have a title to so much of what you have done your whole life that you knew was so much different than others lol. “never beige” lol. I now know even different on this scale . my mother and grand mother being VERY different also.
As I search for more answers trying to be comfortable again I will read from this site ..thank you ..RICK in Wichita kansas