People with high capacities or gifted , are not characterized only by having a higher intelligence than usual in the population.Recent studies in the field of neuropsychology They also indicate that the tonsil , that brain structure associated with emotions, is usually more reactive in this type of profile.
It should also be noted that according to research such as those carried out to out by the psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski, people with high abilities tend to show a very high sensitivity, or as is usually called in this same context "overexcitabildiad" or "overexcitability" (OE).
What does this mean then? Basically, that very intelligent people usually have a high capacity to respond to stimuli.We could then say that every child, or every gifted adult (whether or not it was identified), usually demonstrates a cognitive functioning different from the rest , and in turn, a way of feeling and reacting also that experts usually define as intellectual, motor, emotional, imaginative overexcitability...etc.
Pages like sengifted.org usually support people with this type of traits.We, on our part, will describe to you those 5 forms of sensitivity or overexcytability (OE) described by psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski.It should be said that the usual thing is that people with high capacities identify with one or more dimensions, it is not necessary to present all these sensitivities.
Discover them with us.
The psychomotor OE
In this area would be those bright children who also are very energetic, nervous and restless about nature.They are enthusiastic and eager to experiment and learn, even showing some impulsiveness.They are talkative, need "action" and when they are adults, they often become "maniacs" of work.
As Kazimierz Dabrowski explains to us, it is common for them to be misdiagnosed in school with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Deficit).
Intellectual OE
They look for the knowledge above all things.They are avid readers, methodical, very curious, tenacious and in turn, often go out of the conventional norms to discover other options, very ale jadas of what is common or expected.They are patient and have a keen sense of justice.
Sensitive OE
They need to interact with the world through the senses: touch , look, listen...From a very young age they feel attracted to art and the aesthetic pleasure that all kinds of pictorial, sculptural and musical manifestation brings to them.
They also find much pleasure in food, and in turn, they are very sensitive to sound, very high pitches cause them even physical pain.It also happens that even odors distract them if they are doing a task.
Imaginative OE
In this dimension we would have people habituated for example to use many metaphors in their way of speaking.They associate images with sensations and immediately, they are abstracted in their own thoughts I, imagining, deducing, thinking and sounding.
They are easily distracted because they have very vast and complex private worlds in turn.They have, so to speak, a parallel world. It is common for gifted children, who in turn have a high sensitivity in this imaginative area, tend to have imaginary friends and who in class have a hard time paying attention to explanations.They cannot adapt to an educational system stiff.
Emotional EO
This area is much more complex.People who manifest high emotional sensitivity are Profiles with a high empathy that immediately identify with the emotions of others, suffering them in the same way.
They are intuitive and feel very much criticism, rejections, care too much about things to the point of being able to fall into some depression.When they are children, they tend to experience very traumatic times when they are more emotionally mature, having to live in the always complex and cruel childish context so accustomed to criticism or teasing.
To conclude, Dabrowski also explains to us that this series of dimensions can be presented by people with an IQ within the average , however, in people with high capacities it is common to "emerge" from a very particular way in one or several of these characteristics, since the over-excitability, is something innate in this type of profiles.
Do you identify yourself in any of these characteristics? Do you have a friend or relative with high capacities? If you liked this article, also know how many types of intelligence there are and with which you fit.
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