Re: Giftedness and misophonia

[Guest guest]

It seems to be true that people with 4S are very smart. I read a comment under a

Misophonia video that said he never saw such good grammar and spelling on so

many blog-comments in one place before.

My 4S problem seems to deal with emotion more than intellect. I feel very

judgmental, hateful and intolerant of people who trigger my 4S. Since I realize

that these emotions are irrational, I bottle them up inside.

It is interesting that most people with 4S are non-violent despite the rage that

we feel toward people who trigger our 4S.

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> Could some people have a problem with sound sensitivity because they are

within the 'gifted' range of people who have been shown in some cases to possess

a heightened awareness of their environment and sensory information that, to

ordinary people does not pose a problem since they do not share the same level

of sensitivity to their surroundings?

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> " Many gifted individuals experience various types of heightened awareness and

may seem overly sensitive. These sensitivities may be to physical senses such as

sight, sound, smell, movement and touch. For example, they may be extremely

uncomfortable when they have a wrinkle in their sock, or unable to concentrate

because of the sound of a clock ticking on the other side of the room.

Sensitivities of the gifted are often to mental and emotional over-awareness.

For example, picking up on the feelings of someone close to them, having extreme

sensitivity to their own internal emotions, and taking in external information

at a significantly higher rate than those around them. These various kinds of

sensitivities often mean that the more gifted an individual is, the more input

and awareness they experience, leading to the contradiction of them needing more

time to process than others who are not gifted.

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> Hypersensitivity to external or internal stimuli can resemble a proneness to

" sensory overload " , which can cause such persons to avoid highly stimulating,

chaotic or crowded environments. This kind of highly sensitive nature has also

been called " overexcitability " by Kazimierz Dabrowski. Some are able to tune out

such unwanted stimulation as they focus on their chosen task or on their own

thoughts. In many cases, awareness may fluctuate between conditions of

hyperstimulation and of withdrawal. (An individual's tendencies to feel

overwhelmed is also affected by their extraversion and introversion.) "

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[Guest guest]

The trouble is, society tends to treat smart people as if they are pretty much

like everyone else and do not really have special needs. This is a fallacy and

many clever kids go through great stress and perhaps disillusionment when their

particular talents are not picked up early on. Often they become apathetic and

allow their abilities to go to waste. I do wonder if misophonia can sometimes be

a symptom of this.

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> > Could some people have a problem with sound sensitivity because they are

within the 'gifted' range of people who have been shown in some cases to possess

a heightened awareness of their environment and sensory information that, to

ordinary people does not pose a problem since they do not share the same level

of sensitivity to their surroundings?

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> > " Many gifted individuals experience various types of heightened awareness

and may seem overly sensitive. These sensitivities may be to physical senses

such as sight, sound, smell, movement and touch. For example, they may be

extremely uncomfortable when they have a wrinkle in their sock, or unable to

concentrate because of the sound of a clock ticking on the other side of the

room. Sensitivities of the gifted are often to mental and emotional

over-awareness. For example, picking up on the feelings of someone close to

them, having extreme sensitivity to their own internal emotions, and taking in

external information at a significantly higher rate than those around them.

These various kinds of sensitivities often mean that the more gifted an

individual is, the more input and awareness they experience, leading to the

contradiction of them needing more time to process than others who are not

gifted.

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> > Hypersensitivity to external or internal stimuli can resemble a proneness to

" sensory overload " , which can cause such persons to avoid highly stimulating,

chaotic or crowded environments. This kind of highly sensitive nature has also

been called " overexcitability " by Kazimierz Dabrowski. Some are able to tune out

such unwanted stimulation as they focus on their chosen task or on their own

thoughts. In many cases, awareness may fluctuate between conditions of

hyperstimulation and of withdrawal. (An individual's tendencies to feel

overwhelmed is also affected by their extraversion and introversion.) "

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> > http://en.wikipedia.o...

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[Guest guest]

This totally sounds like my 4S son. He’s highly intelligent, was deemed “gifted” in school, but could not participate in the gifted programs because of the sensory overload, not just 4S issues, but also not being able to process a lot of information at once (multi-tasking), e.g., can not take notes and listen at the same time. He also has many of the sensitivities you mentioned such as hearing a ticking clock from across the room. I would not say this includes “overexcitability”, but he does self-isolate so that he can think and learn on his own. From: Soundsensitivity [mailto:Soundsensitivity ] On Behalf Of RSent: Friday, May 13, 2011 3:31 AMTo: Soundsensitivity Subject: Giftedness and misophonia Could some people have a problem with sound sensitivity because they are within the 'gifted' range of people who have been shown in some cases to possess a heightened awareness of their environment and sensory information that, to ordinary people does not pose a problem since they do not share the same level of sensitivity to their surroundings? " Many gifted individuals experience various types of heightened awareness and may seem overly sensitive. These sensitivities may be to physical senses such as sight, sound, smell, movement and touch. For example, they may be extremely uncomfortable when they have a wrinkle in their sock, or unable to concentrate because of the sound of a clock ticking on the other side of the room. Sensitivities of the gifted are often to mental and emotional over-awareness. For example, picking up on the feelings of someone close to them, having extreme sensitivity to their own internal emotions, and taking in external information at a significantly higher rate than those around them. These various kinds of sensitivities often mean that the more gifted an individual is, the more input and awareness they experience, leading to the contradiction of them needing more time to process than others who are not gifted.Hypersensitivity to external or internal stimuli can resemble a proneness to " sensory overload " , which can cause such persons to avoid highly stimulating, chaotic or crowded environments. This kind of highly sensitive nature has also been called " overexcitability " by Kazimierz Dabrowski. Some are able to tune out such unwanted stimulation as they focus on their chosen task or on their own thoughts. In many cases, awareness may fluctuate between conditions of hyperstimulation and of withdrawal. (An individual's tendencies to feel overwhelmed is also affected by their extraversion and introversion.) " http://en.wikipedia.o...

[Guest guest]

I'm a grad student at Caltech, which is full of very gifted and talented people

(what am i doing here, ha). I went to the student counseling center to talk

about my sound issues, and this is exactly what the therapist said. She said

that it's very common for people at Caltech and who are gifted generally to be

hyper-sensitive to all kinds of different stimuli.

However, of course, she didn't really have a lot of suggestions on how to

actually *help* the situation!

Aside: I also wonder how that relates to high rates of mild (or sometimes not so

mild) autism/asperger's on this campus - autism i believe is also related to

hypersensitivity to stimuli.

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> Could some people have a problem with sound sensitivity because they are

within the 'gifted' range of people who have been shown in some cases to possess

a heightened awareness of their environment and sensory information that, to

ordinary people does not pose a problem since they do not share the same level

of sensitivity to their surroundings?

>

> " Many gifted individuals experience various types of heightened awareness and

may seem overly sensitive. These sensitivities may be to physical senses such as

sight, sound, smell, movement and touch. For example, they may be extremely

uncomfortable when they have a wrinkle in their sock, or unable to concentrate

because of the sound of a clock ticking on the other side of the room.

Sensitivities of the gifted are often to mental and emotional over-awareness.

For example, picking up on the feelings of someone close to them, having extreme

sensitivity to their own internal emotions, and taking in external information

at a significantly higher rate than those around them. These various kinds of

sensitivities often mean that the more gifted an individual is, the more input

and awareness they experience, leading to the contradiction of them needing more

time to process than others who are not gifted.

>

> Hypersensitivity to external or internal stimuli can resemble a proneness to

" sensory overload " , which can cause such persons to avoid highly stimulating,

chaotic or crowded environments. This kind of highly sensitive nature has also

been called " overexcitability " by Kazimierz Dabrowski. Some are able to tune out

such unwanted stimulation as they focus on their chosen task or on their own

thoughts. In many cases, awareness may fluctuate between conditions of

hyperstimulation and of withdrawal. (An individual's tendencies to feel

overwhelmed is also affected by their extraversion and introversion.) "

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> http://en.wikipedia.o...

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[Guest guest]

I just found this link about the Highly Sensitive Person (there's actually a

whole website dedicated to this label, but this article is a quick overview). If

you scroll down you'll see the part about giftedness. There are also some

interesting links at the bottom of the article.

http://healing.about.com/od/empathic/a/HSP_hallowes.htm

Is that why a lot of artists, musicians and writers end up going crazy?

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> > Could some people have a problem with sound sensitivity because they are

within the 'gifted' range of people who have been shown in some cases to possess

a heightened awareness of their environment and sensory information that, to

ordinary people does not pose a problem since they do not share the same level

of sensitivity to their surroundings?

> >

> > " Many gifted individuals experience various types of heightened awareness

and may seem overly sensitive. These sensitivities may be to physical senses

such as sight, sound, smell, movement and touch. For example, they may be

extremely uncomfortable when they have a wrinkle in their sock, or unable to

concentrate because of the sound of a clock ticking on the other side of the

room. Sensitivities of the gifted are often to mental and emotional

over-awareness. For example, picking up on the feelings of someone close to

them, having extreme sensitivity to their own internal emotions, and taking in

external information at a significantly higher rate than those around them.

These various kinds of sensitivities often mean that the more gifted an

individual is, the more input and awareness they experience, leading to the

contradiction of them needing more time to process than others who are not

gifted.

> >

> > Hypersensitivity to external or internal stimuli can resemble a proneness to

" sensory overload " , which can cause such persons to avoid highly stimulating,

chaotic or crowded environments. This kind of highly sensitive nature has also

been called " overexcitability " by Kazimierz Dabrowski. Some are able to tune out

such unwanted stimulation as they focus on their chosen task or on their own

thoughts. In many cases, awareness may fluctuate between conditions of

hyperstimulation and of withdrawal. (An individual's tendencies to feel

overwhelmed is also affected by their extraversion and introversion.) "

> >

> > http://en.wikipedia.o...

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[Guest guest]

Lots of people with Asperger's - indeed probably most - show up as Highly

Sensitive People on the online tests. Oddly enough, although sensory sensitivity

is often mentioned as the biggest problem for many people on the autism

spectrum, it isn't even part of the current diagnostic criteria.

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> Ive posted about this before. Have taken several tests and am highly

sensitive.

> Like asperger's we share sensitivities but otherwise are quite different. I've

always thought the over sensitivity is the common thread.