Adebayo Adeniran

Jun 1, 2019

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…rvey of its members suggested that people with exceptionally high intelligence very often have what Kazimierz Dabrowski, a Polish psychologist, dubs “over-excitabilities” or “super-sensibilities”, such as a heightened awareness of one of the five senses, experiencing extremely intense emotions or having very high levels of energy. Among these individuals, the incidence of depression, anxiety and ADHD is higher than in the average population.

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Kazimierz Dabrowski’s book : Mental growth through positive disintegration, had a a profound effect on me…

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