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		<title>Why a Gifted Adult Should Be Wary of the Mental Health System</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-wary-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Parents of Gifted Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
What is normal for a gifted adult is the basis for a clinical diagnosis for non-gifted adults.  According to James Webb and his 5 co-authors of Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults, this is the reason gifted people who wind up in the mental health system are frequently given an incorrect diagnosis.  I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Hill &#8211; Gifted Adult in a Gifted Family</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-gifted-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most gifted adults have gifted families.  Not all of us but most of us.  The impact of growing up surrounded by other people with complementary or clashing interests and intensities is something often experienced by the gifted.  Singer-songwriter Dan Hill&#8217;s autobiography, I Am My Father&#8217;s Son provides an unflinching description of growing up with a powerful, mercurial, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifted Adults: Intellectual Challenge and Fulfillment</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-intellectual-challenge-and-fulfillment/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-intellectual-challenge-and-fulfillment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual giftedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Colangelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satisfaction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to better understand what it means to be a gifted adult often means I often wind up looking at information about gifted children instead as gifted children have been studied much more than their adult counterparts.  I came across this article,  Counseling Gifted and Talented Students by Nicholas Colangelo which I found interesting both as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Find Other Gifted Adults</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/find-gifted-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/find-gifted-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By definition, gifted adults are a small minority &#8211; no matter which definition you use.  Commonly, gifted adults have difficulty finding other gifted adults to connect with.  This is further complicated by the fact that gifted adults are a very diverse group and largely invisible as some of us have learned that it&#8217;s not so smart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underachievement and the Gifted Adult</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/underachievement-gifted-adult/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/characteristics-gifted-adult/underachievement-gifted-adult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Characteristics of Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not working to your potential.  How often have many gifted adults encountered that phrase in their life?  How often do gifted adults say that to themselves?   I think the problem with that phrase is how &#8216;working to your potential&#8217; or &#8216;living up to your potential&#8217; is generally understood in narrow terms.  As a child it means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Gifted Adults Are Reluctant To Identify Themselves As Gifted</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-reluctant-identify/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-adults-reluctant-identify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post I asked: why are gifted adults reluctant to identify themselves as gifted? Douglas Eby, on his site Talent Development Resources responded with the insight that gifted adults are particularly likely to find intellectual pleasure in determining what is different, incongruent in any situation including the issue of their self-identity.  It&#8217;s my understanding that one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating in Gifted Adult</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/communicating-gifted-adult/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/communicating-gifted-adult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Communication is a complicated thing that trips everyone up continually but for gifted adults, communication can be its own particular animal.  First is the gap between how the gifted mind works and the ability to translate it into words.  And since the world is not solely a rationale experience there is also the interplay between thoughts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not Like Other Gifted Adults</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/im-gifted-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/im-gifted-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do gifted adults hate to be categorized? 
More often than not, if I suggest to a gifted adult that there are qualities that either all gifted adults share in common or qualities that gifted adults are more likely to have than non-gifted adults, this idea is met with skepticism or outright rejection.  I&#8217;m thinking it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifted At Mid-Life</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-mid-life/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/more-about-gifted-adults/gifted-mid-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[More About Gifted Adults]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gail Sheehy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gifteduniverse.com/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m 38 years old.  Like many other people my age, reaching mid-life caused me to re-evaluate many things.  For the first part of my life I followed the conventional path Western culture lays out for us. OK, it was done in my slightly off beat way but nevertheless, I am a responsible first born daughter, I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introversion-Extraversion and a Romantic Gifted Partnership</title>
		<link>http://gifteduniverse.com/romantic-relationships/introversion-extraversion-romantic/</link>
		<comments>http://gifteduniverse.com/romantic-relationships/introversion-extraversion-romantic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Romantic Relationships]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introversion is a trait correlated with high intelligence.  According to Lesley Sword, 2 of 3 people in the general population are extraverted while 3 out of 4 people with IQs over 160 are introverted.  Contrary to popular belief, one can be a sociable, personable introvert.  The primary distinction between an introvert and an extravert is how one is [...]]]></description>
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