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Comfort Zone | Article - 1 views

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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Definition of a highly sensitive being.
  • As specialists in observing, we are very interested in what is new. We simply tire out sooner because every thing new is so much newer to us! And just because we can process any experience deeply, we are seldom bored, or dull and boring if someone asks our opinion.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Certain characteristics of someone who is highly sensitive.
  • HSPs are extraverts. Social introversion is the desire to spend time with a few close friends rather than liking to have many friends, to meet strangers, or be in a large group. Being sensitive and wanting to reduce stimulation probably causes many people to become introverts at an early age, but the two are not the same thing.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      A disadvantage about being sensitive, is that one can want to constantly be alone. They are not very social. 
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  • It is found in equal numbers in boys and girls,
    • Anthony Baloukas
      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Interesting fact, could be useful.
  • not a "syndrome" or "set of symptoms that impair functioning."
  • So "sensitive" is not another term for neurotic, shy, depressed, or anxious.
  • more emotional,
  • research shows that with good-enough childhoods, we are actually healthier, physically and mentally, than non-HSPs with the same sort of good-enough childhoods.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Childhood has an effect on HSP behaviour. 
  • we are intuitive.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Benefits
  • creative
  • y can be
  • HSPs are very conscientious.
  • Our conscientiousness is somewhat automatic, due to the fact that we think about the consequences of our action or inaction.
  • compassionate and empathic
  • We can read emotional cues. We are very emotional ourselves, so we can imagine well what the other person feels and what would happen inside if this person did not have their needs yet, did not feel understood. We communicate gently because that is how we like communication to be towards us.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Many benefits to being highly sensitive. 
  • we process everything more deeply, sensing its full emotional as well as intellectual consequences. And it's not that we only feel negative emotions more--we also feel more love, joy, pride, awe, and all the other positive emotions.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      They are more cautious about their feelings.
  • strong sense of what makes for a pleasant environment.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Intelligent, thought processors. Different brain activity. 
  • This trait is mainly about having an innate preference to process information more deeply, to compare the present situation as completely as possible to your knowledge of similar situations in the past.
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The Highly Sensitive Person - 2 views

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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Useful information because it can help me research more on what aspects of the brain work differently than others.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      It is, to a certain extent, deviant because it is not very common within our population. It still needs to be understood. 
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Because the brain of a highly sensitive person functions differently, processing information and being more observant is a common factor. 
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      Because highly sensitive individuals are more observant, they tend to get bothered or stressed when things get too intense. 
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      Anthony Baloukas on 30 Apr 13
       
      I still need to research whether it is a good trait or a bad trait in some cultures.
  • It is found in 15 to 20% of the population
  • biologists have found it to be in most or all animals
  • This trait reflects a certain type of survival strategy, being observant before acting.
  • The brains of highly sensitive persons (HSPs) actually work a little differently than others'.
  • This is mainly because your brain processes information and reflects on it more deeply.
  • You are also more easily overwhelmed.
  • Sensitivity is valued differently in different cultures.
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Is Genius Borne of Nature or Nurture? - 0 views

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  • Nurture would include education, parenting, learning, and time invested into the subject’s amount of learning.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      This is what a person is given through his/her environment when growing up.
  • Nature is the way we automatically perceive without instruction.
    • Anthony Baloukas
      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      This is what a person is given through genetics.
  • A student who is unexposed to academic curriculum cannot be expected to perform algebra simply by instinct.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      Example of how one could pretty much guide their child to be anything they want it to be. Whether it be successful, intelligent, athletic..
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  • Genius can be learned, it can be natural, but most importantly: it should be used.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      Perhaps there aren't ways to necessarily produce a genius, but we can for sure push a person to reach his/her full potential. 
  • Galileo, who applied his scholarly knowledge and found truth. Alexander the Great, tactically in battle. Benjamin Franklin, the inventor of many modern devices. Albert Einstein, a superb and original scholar. Andy Warhol, for his outstandingly appealing original creativity. Bill Gates, a technological thinker who applied his knowledge creatively.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      Examples of great geniuses in history
  • Therefore, we must assess that nature and nurture together combine to bring opportunity for genius.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      It has been concluded that both nature and nurture are combined to create what we call a "genius"
  • creativity is a part of our nature.
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Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned? - TIME - 0 views

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  • geniuses are the result of both good genes and good surroundings.
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      This answers the question to my TFAD project. 
  • Geniuses are those who "have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement" and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both "original and highly exemplary."
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      The definition of genius, and what it takes to actually be a special human being. 
  • How to produce genius is a very old question, one that has occupied philosophers since antiquity.
    • Anthony Baloukas
      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      It's interesting to see that this question has been asked for a long time. If it were possible to produce a genius, would we eventually all live in a society filled with gifted individuals?
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  • There are IQ tests
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      There is a procedure to determine whether someone is a genius or not. 
  • the debate over what leads to genius has been dominated by a bitter, binary argument: is it nature or is it nurture — is genius genetically inherited, or are geniuses the products of stimulating and supportive homes?
  • "open to experience, introverted, hostile, driven, and ambitious."
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      Anthony Baloukas on 06 Apr 13
       
      This is aid to be the main characteristics of a genius. 
  • Personality traits also matter.
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