Regarding the Gifted

• Mission Statement by Georg Eifert, 3/7/98
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    • Psychotherapy for the Gifted? by Trish, 6/30/98
      
      

How do you know when you are gifted? You said that you and your son are both gifted. How do you know that? I have always felt "different" than others, and still do! I am under the care of a psychiatrist for years now, I suffer from anxiety as well, I am very creative, most people and conversations bore me, and I isolate myself to a degree because I enjoy stimulating my own mind through various means, reading, writing poetry, painting, photography, etc. How does one "know" when they are gifted? I also have always had what I call a 6th or (extra) sense! I've never been accused of Narcissism, because I seldom reveal to others what I am thinking. I suppose there is a reason I am posting this message. I identified with what you spoke of, and somehow my 6th or "extra" sense told me this is "me" also. Could I be right, or is this wishful thinking? Does it really pay to be "gifted" when it causes such unhappiness and suffering? I believe not, but then, we don't have a choice in this, do we?

• Regarding the Gifted by Gloria Gilbert, 10/11/98