Psychomotor Overexcitability:"Individuals with this gift of psychomotor overexcitabilities are movers and shakers in society...Children high in psychomotor overexcitabilities experience extra physical energy" (Herbert, 2011). They are always very active students and a lot of the time will be mistaken for ADHD due to their active movement at all times of the day. They tend to talk with their hands a lot and love kinesthetic learning.
Intellectual Overexcitability:"Individuals high in intellectual overexcitability engage in gaining knowledge and search for understanding and truth. As children they are voracious readers, and, as adults, they continue to consume books" (Herbert, 2011). They love to problem solve and situations that really get them to have to think it all the way through. They can get bored easily and need to stay stimulated by tougher questions and situations.
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Sensual Overexcitability:"The sensory experiences of daily living- seeing, smelling, tasting, touching, and hearing-are far more heightened than for others" (Herbert, 2011). They take it what is all around them very deeply and their senses seemed to be heightened whether it is the tag in their shirt that is annoying them or the painting in the museum that makes them cry.
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Imaginational Overexcitability:"Young people experiencing imaginational overexcitabilities think in images, and they enjoy expressing themselves in metaphorical language" (Herbert, 2011). These children are very creative and have a wild imagination that leads them to play in fantasy worlds and have very vivid dreams. They also are likely to have an imaginary friend as a child.
Emotional Overexcitability:"Emotionally overexcitable individuals show a heightened concern for and reaction to the environment around them. This overexcitability is evidenced in a person's capacity for emotional depth, intensity, empathy, self-criticism, attachment to people and animals, inhibition, guilt, and anxiety' (Herbert, 2011). They care about the people around them and can sense how someone is feeling and will take that emotion on to try and help them feel better. They easily cry over stories and books and feel everything very deeply.
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