Comments on: Existential Depression in Gifted Individuals http://approachanxiety.com/2007/05/existential-depression-in-gifted-individuals/ Turn Your Fear of Approaching Women into Confidence Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Luke http://approachanxiety.com/2007/05/existential-depression-in-gifted-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-36044 Luke Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:51:23 +0000 http://approachanxiety.com/?p=111#comment-36044 This article is very nice. I don't know if I qualified as gifted, but as a child I did possess above average intelligence and was very introspective and extremely painfully shy. Because of my tendencies to analyze everything I was not able to take comfort and things like religion, or they caused me even more distress. I remember during my preteen/teen years really longing for someone to hug or hold me, especially another male since my father was an alcoholic, to help me feel at ease with myself and my obsessional worries. I think physical contact allows us to escape the intellectual part of our brains that causes so much trouble by allowing us to connect with others on a very basic, primal level. This article is very nice. I don’t know if I qualified as gifted, but as a child I did possess above average intelligence and was very introspective and extremely painfully shy. Because of my tendencies to analyze everything I was not able to take comfort and things like religion, or they caused me even more distress. I remember during my preteen/teen years really longing for someone to hug or hold me, especially another male since my father was an alcoholic, to help me feel at ease with myself and my obsessional worries. I think physical contact allows us to escape the intellectual part of our brains that causes so much trouble by allowing us to connect with others on a very basic, primal level.

]]> By: John Doe http://approachanxiety.com/2007/05/existential-depression-in-gifted-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 John Doe Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:34:52 +0000 http://approachanxiety.com/?p=111#comment-1626 ''It occurs to me that although I missed the sex, what I craved the most is the contact and reassurance.'' Kinda like a baby, (without the sex :-) ”It occurs to me that although I missed the sex, what I craved the most is the contact and reassurance.”

Kinda like a baby, (without the sex :-)

]]> By: Catmints http://approachanxiety.com/2007/05/existential-depression-in-gifted-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Catmints Thu, 24 May 2007 01:49:18 +0000 http://approachanxiety.com/?p=111#comment-1254 Amen, indeed. Just getting into a relationship with a girl for the first time tossed those feelings straight out the window...after breaking up, they came back, as I lost the constant reaffirmation through touch. It occurs to me that although I missed the sex, what I craved the most is the contact and reassurance. Amen, indeed. Just getting into a relationship with a girl for the first time tossed those feelings straight out the window…after breaking up, they came back, as I lost the constant reaffirmation through touch.

It occurs to me that although I missed the sex, what I craved the most is the contact and reassurance.

]]> By: a (nice) guy http://approachanxiety.com/2007/05/existential-depression-in-gifted-individuals/comment-page-1/#comment-1184 a (nice) guy Sat, 19 May 2007 22:41:56 +0000 http://approachanxiety.com/?p=111#comment-1184 Amen about the physical contact! It's always crazy to leave the country and see how much more affectionate other cultures can be. It's funny - I totally thought I found that article on reddit this morning, so later I was digging through all the pages of reddit trying to find where it was (to show a friend). When I couldn't find it, I searched reddit and found that it topped the hot page 4 days ago... but then how did I find it this morning? It wasn't until I reloaded your blog that I realized that I found it because you posted it. Oh and I am now rocking a blue fauxhawk, but will probably never quite make it to mullet-ville. Haha... whenever I read your blog now, I can't help but think "I'm getting all this great advice from a guy with a MULLET." :P That straightener and wax stuff you suggested is uber-expensive... I think I'll probably half-ass it on the product side of the hair equation. But yeah, now I'm having to beat the ladies off of me with a bat... it's a real burden. ;) Amen about the physical contact! It’s always crazy to leave the country and see how much more affectionate other cultures can be.

It’s funny – I totally thought I found that article on reddit this morning, so later I was digging through all the pages of reddit trying to find where it was (to show a friend). When I couldn’t find it, I searched reddit and found that it topped the hot page 4 days ago… but then how did I find it this morning? It wasn’t until I reloaded your blog that I realized that I found it because you posted it.

Oh and I am now rocking a blue fauxhawk, but will probably never quite make it to mullet-ville. Haha… whenever I read your blog now, I can’t help but think “I’m getting all this great advice from a guy with a MULLET.” :P That straightener and wax stuff you suggested is uber-expensive… I think I’ll probably half-ass it on the product side of the hair equation. But yeah, now I’m having to beat the ladies off of me with a bat… it’s a real burden. ;)

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