Overexcitabilities: A Key to Understanding Your Gifted Personality

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Overexcitabilities A Key to Understanding Your
Gifted Personality

• Based on
• Dabrowskis Theory of Overexcitabilities

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Dabrowski said

• "One who manifests several forms of
  overexcitability sees reality in a different,
  stronger and more multisided manner" (Dabrowski,
  1972, p. 7). Experiencing the world in this
  unique way carries with it great joys and
  sometimes great frustrations. The joys and
  positives of being overexcitable need to be
  celebrated. Any frustrations or negatives can be
  positively dealt with and used to help facilitate
  the child's growth.

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Post Assessments

• OEQII
• Self-Esteem Index
• Resiliency Scale

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The intricate thought processes that mark these
individuals as gifted are mirrored in the
intricacy of their emotional development.
Idealism, self-doubt, perceptiveness,
excruciating sensitivity, moral imperatives,
desperate needs for understanding, acceptance,
love all impinge simultaneously
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Their vast emotional range make them appear
contradictory mature and immature, arrogant and
compassionate, aggressive and timid. Semblances
of composure and self-assurance often mask deep
feelings of insecurity. The inner experience of
the young gifted person is rich, complex and
turbulent. - Linda Silverman