tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post3098244792034151570..comments2024-03-19T22:10:49.383-04:00Comments on Gifted Challenges™: When is it more than giftedness? A psychologist's perspectiveGail Post, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-44289703677217210082018-05-09T17:01:47.718-04:002018-05-09T17:01:47.718-04:00Jessie, Thank you for your comments. You make such...Jessie, Thank you for your comments. You make such an important point - no one needs to assume depression, anxiety or any other mental health concern as part of their identity. It might be a problem someone has for a while, but something one can often overcome. Whereas giftedness sticks around! Thanks again.Gail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-66127055234663790762018-05-09T16:31:59.963-04:002018-05-09T16:31:59.963-04:00Thanks for this thought-provoking post. For me, i...Thanks for this thought-provoking post. For me, it seemed obvious that overexcitability explained the longer story of my life, while pathological anxiety explained what I developed after my dad's sudden death, which I overthought and decided I should have seen coming and so I suddenly saw everyone <i>else's</i> (especially my own) impending demise coming. Others around me concurred with this assessment -- that my behavior had not been pathological before that -- which was a good sanity check. So it seems to me that overexcitability can <i>predispose</i> someone to anxiety or depression, but that it is not the same thing as anxiety or depression. If you have OE, you will always have it; if you have anxiety or depression, you may have developed it at a certain time, and you may get over them again. You don't have to take those as part of your "identity," which might be helpful for a reluctant sufferer to remember!Jessiehttp://counternarration.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-18284992165589318222018-05-08T22:09:09.980-04:002018-05-08T22:09:09.980-04:00Corin, Thank you for your feedback!Corin, Thank you for your feedback!Gail Post, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01482577821092891593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702344196398061245.post-8448344388464543192018-05-08T18:24:27.688-04:002018-05-08T18:24:27.688-04:00Yes, this! Thank you for writing this. Sometimes p...Yes, this! Thank you for writing this. Sometimes pathologies are real and brushing them off as something more palatable helps no one - least of all the child. Corin Barsily Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526037402980165613noreply@blogger.com