A non-ideal day
I wrote out my ideal day. It had all the usual things in it that I wanted to get done on a daily basis. Sleeping, eating, working, family time, fun,…
Stop over-reacting!
How often have you been triggered into a total hissy fit by the words "Stop over-reacting!!" When we're over-reacting, we definitely don't want to be told about it. In fact,…
Why self-help books don’t always work
Long ago, I discovered self-help books that didn't work. Self-development processes that didn't stick. Self-improvement methods that didn't bring about lasting improvements. It's not that these books, processes and methods…
Are you sensitive or sensitised?
You've heard it too many times already. "Urgh, you're so sensitive" "Why do you have to take everything so seriously? So personally?" "What are you worried about that for?" Annoying,…
Why you don’t know what you’re feeling – and how to fix it
Highly sensitive, highly intelligent people can sometimes be fairly clueless about their emotional life. It seems contradictory - how can someone so sensitive and so switched on be so dim…
Geek stress
Sometimes, we feel bad. Scared, guilty, worried, anxious... All the feels in the general category of 'bad.' When you combine feeling bad with geekly propensities towards intensity, feeling-in-detail, and overactive…
Ten ways your mind blocks your emotional processing
Driving along one evening with a good friend, she was deep in explaining a somewhat complicated and upsetting situation. We were going round in circles, so I asked her how…
Gifted…and suicidal
May is a time of exams, of heavy pressure, of huge change. All of these can trigger suicidal thoughts, especially for gifted people. I first developed depression after sitting my…
The rational logic of emotions
Emotions get a bad rap for being illogical, irrational and unpredictable. They get ignored, suppressed and rejected. And they will still drive you to do things - or get in…
Genius mind… hellish emotions
We all know someone - it might even be us - who's super-bright, knows all sorts of stuff, is fast to process information and create new solutions - in short,…