Reddit reviews Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Fellow smart kid here. Being gifted or in the upper levels of intelligence carries a LOT of downsides. Please educate yourself and be aware. Mental illness risks are a lot higher as they get older.

One of our children had suicidal thoughts in the third grade. Thankfully she talked to us about it and we got her help. It starts early. Prepare yourself and try and enjoy the ride.

Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults https://www.amazon.com/dp/0910707898/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_XBlkDbR122PWY

That book helped me understand myself as well as other gifted people. There are other books on Amazon specifically aimed at parenting gifted kids.

Absolutely:

Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents and Adults

Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope with Explosive Feelings

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders

If your daughter also exhibits anxiety symptoms (mine sure does, and it's often tied in to giftedness because their little heads can think of things they're not emotionally ready to handle) there's also:

Freeing Your Child from Anxiety

Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents

And for executive function deficits, there's:

Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits

Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential

I've found this book very helpful.

http://www.amazon.com/Living-With-Intensity-Understanding-Excitability/dp/0910707898

It's based on Dabrowski(sp?)'s work with gifted people. Covers the whole positive integration thing-a-ma-jig.

This has come HIGHLY recommended to me, and it sounds like it might help you keep your sanity:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0910707898/

This book may help you

Dabrowski's works are still very available on the internet. http://positivedisintegration.com/

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You can also just type in "Dabrowski" on amazon.

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I highly recommend the book "Living with Intensity", which contains a big picture view of gifted psychology and practical knowledge for parents, educators, employers etc.

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https://www.amazon.com/Living-Intensity-Understanding-Sensitivity-Excitability/dp/0910707898/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Dabrowski&qid=1563657833&s=gateway&sr=8-1

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Some papers...

Overexcitability and the highly gifted child

http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10102

Tips for Parents: Beyond Overexcitabilities: A Crash Course in Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration

http://www.davidsongifted.org/Search-Database/entry/A10858

>arguing with you over how "gifted" you think you are.

Dude. Read a fucking book: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Intensity-Understanding-Sensitivity-Excitability/dp/0910707898