This doesn’t just occur in athletic or artistic phenoms. According to a recent study, adults labeled as intellectually gifted are at a much higher risk of suffering from a crisis of meaning, an anxiety and depression-filled experience that is partially due to a loss of coherence and direction in one’s life. When we suffer from a crisis of meaning, a slew of mental health issues follow, from compulsions to immune-related diseases to a rapid decline in our overall well-being. When researchers contrasted these individuals with similarly talented individuals who had recently achieved success, the
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