http://www.sengifted.org/articles_adults/Lind_FosteringAdultGiftedness.pdf
On the whole, I agree with the assessment made.
Acknowledging one’s own giftedness can be a very difficult thing to do. For myself, the more I learn about giftedness, the more I see myself. For someone who was conditioned from a very young age to believe that I could never have or be anything other than mediocre, this was a very painful discovery for me. Even now at twenty-three, my father is still trying to hold me back.
Nurturing my own development has been very hard. I have so many things that I want to reach for, but I don’t know where to begin.
Giving myself permission to be a growing, changing, imperfect person is easier said than done. I know it is a necessary step in my development, but the scars of the past and the judgment I faced for not perfectly being the image my father had of what he expected me to be makes it painfully difficult task.
Dealing with my own overexcitabilities has proven something of a challenge. I tend to get sensory overload pretty easily. The hardest part is living with a loud family. Between the loud conversations, the television, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer…, I get overloaded. I’m still learning how to deal with this one.
I recognize stress; knowing what to do about it is another matter entirely. My life practically defines stress. Yoga and Mozart help a little, but only a little.
Communication is one of the hardest things for me. My mind operates on another plane; how do you explain concepts that don’t even have words to define them.
