Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Existential Depression in Gifted Students

If you come in contact with gifted students, here is a neat article for you on existential depression among gifted students. The basic premise is that familiarity with the "big questions" of life can leave gifted students feeling depressed, because these students are emotionally unequipped to deal with the inevitability of death, etc. (We know...who is?) Luckily, strategies are offered to help students to overcome this sort of existential crisis and continue their ascent into higher planes of human knowledge.