https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/gifted-children-emotionally-immature-or-emotionally-intense/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/gifted-children-emotionally-immature-or-emotionally-intense/#comment-10167 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:51:54 +0000 http://www.davidsongifted.org/?p=3375#comment-10167 TY very much for this eye-opening article. It really hits home .

]]> https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/gifted-children-emotionally-immature-or-emotionally-intense/#comment-4651 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:48:44 +0000 http://www.davidsongifted.org/?p=3375#comment-4651 As someone who feels the way this article describes, I see that a lot of people in our position are having a great deal of trouble with life and experience a lot of distress. I would like to challenge the thinking that this sensitivity is something to be fully embraced.
I believe that if we are perceiving the world in such a way that the emotions connected to those thoughts are debilitating, then maybe we can work on adopting a new perspective.
I believe there are two sides to the coin and that this so-called gift is not something pure, pristine, perfect and God’s gift to the world, making us natural born saints.
For example, regarding feeling the feelings of others, which I don’t believe is possible. It took me some time to realize that not everyone around me feels the feelings I see them feeling in the way I myself would. I have learned to tell the difference between me projecting my felt sadness onto someone else’s version of sadness.
It sounds to me like we are likely born with a propensity towards being overly sentimental. And that is not helpful. It does a disservice to us. I think it is a mistake to take it our passions and feelings too seriously.

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