http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Comments & Reviews of http://www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp?id=7 on StumbleUpon en-us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:02:05 -0700 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:35:32 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:19:18 -0700 http://asianschool.stumbleupon.com/review/18607185/ asianschool - nice site]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:03:06 -0800 http://mdyoke.stumbleupon.com/review/15765588/ mdyoke - Existential depression. I didn't know there was a specific name for this state of mind.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:55:00 -0800 http://cwlodarczyk.stumbleupon.com/review/15724775/ cwlodarczyk - I was classed as a gifted child. I can see exactly where this article is coming from. Take a look around you - it IS depressing at times. From the page: "Because gifted children are able to consider the possibilities of how things might be, they tend to be idealists. However, they are simultaneously able to see that the world is falling short of how it might be. Because they are intense, gifted children feel keenly the disappointment and frustration which occurs when ideals are not reached. Similarly, these youngsters quickly spot the inconsistencies, arbitrariness and absurdities in society and in the behaviors of those around them. Traditions are questioned or challenged. For example, why do we put such tight sex-role or age-role restrictions on people? Why do people engage in hypocritical behaviors in which they say one thing and then do another? Why do people say things they really do not mean at all? Why are so many people so unthinking and uncaring in their dealings with others? How much difference in the world can one person's life make?"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:47:39 -0800 http://emmers.stumbleupon.com/review/15713430/ Emmers - This happens to me at least weekly. I have learned to shake it off in most cases but when i am particularly vulnerable i have a complete breakdown and often end up bawling and contemplating suicide (though it is always just a thought; i have never attempted suicide during one of these crises). Sometimes, ignorance really is bliss...]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:35:17 -0800 http://guanophore.stumbleupon.com/review/15112439/ guanophore - as the mother of a gifted, sensitive, depressed 12yo who has had numerous existential crises, i found this useful, if somewhat superficial. ultimately, however, i agree with the notions that 1) touch is vitally important and 2) identifying with the words/lives of others can provide hope and motivation. the langston hughes poem is particularly apropos.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:44:29 -0800 http://sketchsepahi.stumbleupon.com/review/14328271/ SketchSepahi - This makes a lot of sense to me. I was about nine or ten the first time I asked my mother why life seemed so meaningless.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:53:07 -0800 http://morbo187.stumbleupon.com/review/14275703/ Morbo187 - I give it a positive because it's interesting, but it is unsubstantiated by anything scientific, it is at best an account of what this PhD can conclude from his own experience. Not saying it is untrue, but we have to be careful, such a field as "gifted children", in psychology, can be very profitable by exploiting the tendency for parents to see their children as extremely gifted, or our own narcissism. That text may very well be valid. However, let's be careful when reading things like that. It'll touch most people because 1-Many tend to think they are gifted 2-Most people will be depressed sometime, and within these periods of time, will think of the meaning of life, how it is all unfair, etc. Anyone with a mix of self-esteem and philosophical thought can relate to that.]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:07:25 -0700 http://forrestcroce.stumbleupon.com/review/13589983/ ForrestCroce - From the page: "there is a frightening freedom regarding how one chooses to live one's life"]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.giftedbooks.com/authorarticles.asp%253Fid%253D7