Gifted adults have an understanding of the complexities and interrelatedness of global affairs and have the capacity to replace shortsighted, short-term reactions with careful overall solutions Gifted adults have strong moral convictions and many use their specific talents, insights and knowledge for the betterment of the world. They function well in a participatory community and with those who are accepting of their attitudes and innovations.

Gifted adults are independent thinkers who do not just automatically accept the decisions of their supervisors. Gifted adults may have a small circle of friends or sometimes only one, but the relationships are meaningful. Gifted adults relate best to others who share their interests. Because it takes quiet time to clarify thoughts and feelings, gifted adults need contemplation, solitude and daydreaming. Gifted adults need time for inner life experiences, and to understand themselves.

Giftedness is a drive, an energy, an necessity to act-it’s a need for mastery, intellectually, creatively, and physically which grows from the need to make sense of the world, to understand the world and to create one’s world. Gifted adults are often driven by their giftedness and may be overwhelmed by the pressure of their creativity. Gifted adults are often confronted with the problem of having too many abilities in too many areas in which they would like to work, discover and excel. They struggle to have these needs met and taken care of just like all human beings do. Gifted adults have normal feelings of anxiety, inadequacies and personal needs. Gifted adults often develop their own method of learning and grasping concepts which can lead to conflict with others who don’t use or understand their method. Gifted adults have a special problem awareness. They have the ability to predict consequences, see relationships, and foresee problems which are likely to occur.īecause gifted adults know more what is at stake, risk taking for a gifted person may be more difficult than for others because it may take longer for them to decide. Gifted adults often have strong feelings encompassing many areas of life and have difficulty understanding the seemingly inconsistent and shortsighted behavior of others because they can see the foolishness, unfairness and danger of many actions in public and personal life. Gifted people often find that their jokes are received with silence because they are not understood. One of the most outstanding features of gifted adults is their sense of humor which differs from others and consists often of subtle jokes, intricate teasing or puns.

Gifted adults have an inner urge to fulfill their own expectations and feel very guilty if they cannot even when no one else sees the need to. Gifted adults crave interchanging ideas with other gifted adults and many love to engage in intense intellectual discussions. They deeply experience the richness of the world and see beauty in human relations, nature, literature. Gifted adults have a heightened capacity to appreciate the beauty and the wonderment in our universe. Gifted adults differ intellectually from others and are more sophisticated, more global thinkers who have the capacity to generalize and to see the complex relationships in the world. Kait Ross, M.S.Ed, our testing extern prepared this information for you, and offers psychological testing at a reduced rate.As presented by Lynne Azpeitia MFT, Coach and Therapist specializing in Gifted Adults: If you are curious to learn more, or would like more information regarding psychological testing, please contact us to schedule an appointment, or call (720) 489-8555. Read on to see if the characteristics of gifted children and adults describe you or someone you care about. Perhaps, a student would benefit from an additional plan in place at school, or a parent may benefit from a better understanding of their child. They may be struggling with the social aspects of giftedness, and need a counselor to help guide them. A person can be gifted in one area, or many. Sometimes, families come in for psychological testing to understand a ‘quirky’ or ‘problem’ behavior, to find out that the behavior is related to very high intelligence or aptitude. We often have families or individuals ask us what it means to be called ‘gifted’. I think I (my child/spouse/friend) may be gifted

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