Living With Intensity
Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults

Wonderful book for anyone who has ever felt or been told that they were "too much" or perceived that perhaps they just felt more than other people. As I read the beginning of this book I found myself crying because of how much it helped me understand myself. It offers a comprehensive view of "gifted......more

Amazing. This explained my life. It explained my students. It explained my friends. I was particularly interested in the section discussing the misdiagnosis of many gifted kids as ADHD because of their overexcitabilities. The information and research about gifted adults was particularly refreshing,......more

This is a hard book to review because I have mixed feelings about it. The most salient point is that this is *not* a practical book. I bought it under the impression that it would have strategies for day-to-day life, but it's a very theoretical book, containing essays about Dabrowski's theory of pos......more

As a mom with three kids in the "gifted" program at school (quotes because I use the term loosely; I'm under no illusion that I'm raising the world's next Einsteins), I'm always on the lookout for books exploring various traits exhibited by such kids. "Living With Intensity: Understanding the Sensiti......more

This book is awesome. So far it's like reading a book written about my daughter :-) I've read enough of it to know that I want to own it. I imagine I'll reference it off an on forever. 4/2010 I did buy this and I just re-read the part on young kids again to recharge me :-) Intensity takes a lot of ener......more