No More SAD CASIGYs How to Cope with Sensitivity, Anxiety and Depression
Presented by
Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW
Im The ScrapLady: I Help CASIGYs and others Create Beauty From Lifes Scraps
Phone: 303-987-0346
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ScrapLady Sharon M. Barnes, LCSW
Creative Transformation Specialist MSSW, (San Diego State)
LCSW- CO
AKA the Scrap Lady: I can help You Create Beauty & Benefit from Lifes Scraps Creative Healing & Creative Transformation counseling &
psychotherapy
Creative Healing Presentations, PlayShops & Retreats
Wilderness Guide Ill Guide You through the Wilderness of CASIGY Inner Territory
to Destinations of Delight!
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A Great Tragedy
o School Shootings GT Students
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A Great Tragedy
o School Shootings GT Students
o Suicides of Gifted & Talented People
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A Great Tragedy
o School Shootings GT Students
o Suicides of Gifted & Talented People
o Under Achievement
o Alienation
o Dumbing down
o Copping out
o Dropping out
o Wasted intelligence
o Wasted talent
o Wasted lives
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GT Differences are NOT Proof that Something is WRONG
INSTEAD, they are a
CALL to the
Heros/Heroines Journey; a call to
oAdventure
o Individuation
oConsciousness
oWholeness
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Why Do
Sensitive, Gifted
Students Seem SO
Susceptible to Being
SAD from
Sensitivity,
Anxiety and
Depression?
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Youre a CASIGY
In a mundane,
insensitive,
dumbed-down
world
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Whats Whos A CASIGY ?
Creative, Curious, Complex
Acutely Aware
Super-Sensitive
Intense, Introverted, Intelligent, &/or
Gifted
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Cycle of Discouragement
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Cycle of Discouragement
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The CALL to ADVENTURE,
CONSCIOUSNESS &
WHOLENESS
Cycle of Encouragement:
ANSWERING the CALL
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Personal Power Pyramid
Seven Steps to
Building
Resilience
Top Ten Bakers Dozen Tips & Tools to Overcome CASIGY SAD-ness
1. Breathe
a. Belly Breathing
1. Put your hands on your stomach below your waist.
2. Breathe from your belly, so that your hands move up
and down as you breathe in and out
3. Slow down your breathing, focus especially on taking
longer to exhale
4. Continue to do this for several minutes. If you get light-
headed or dizzy, make sure you breathe in more.
5. Fill and empty your lungs as completely as possible with
each breath.
http://therapistforsensitiveandgifted.com/relaxation-breathing-exercises
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2. Emotions
are like ocean
waves;
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it doesnt work to fight
what you feel.
Allow yourself
to FEEL what
you feel.
3. Recognize
whats happening in
your life
thats getting you down.
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4. Ask~ Do the
Waves Match?
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5. Balance your brain
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All of these Top Ten Tools help balance the brain.
Others include
o Nutrition
o Sleep
o Mind/body tools: massage, Yoga, ChiGong, Tai Chi, etc.
o Medication and/or supplements
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6. Express
your
emotions
creatively.
The hands know what the frontal
lobes cannot know
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Three Steps to Identify and Outsmart SADness before it takes over
1.Create
2.Contemplate
3.Crystallize
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BUT this is SERIOUS.
We cant afford to Play Around!
The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of
thinking with which we developed
them.
BUT HOW ?
seems to be the essential feature in
productive thought
1. PLAY imaginatively & visually
2. LATER find words to express
the discoveries
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Are You Ready to Play FULL OUT?
Combinatory Play,
AKA Contemplative
Handwork
1. Connect
2.Identify
3.Create
4.Contemplate
5.Crystallize
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7. Turn your
emotion
into motion
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8.Dont wait until
you feel
good to
treat
yourself
well.
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9. DO
what you
CAN DO.
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10. Let go of what CANT be done.
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11.Get Help!
http://therapistforsensitiveandgifted.com/counseling-sensitive-gifted
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12. No more
Ugly Duckling.
You KNOW
that Youre a Swan!
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13. Give
Thanks for
whats going well.
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What is the MOST POWERFUL, yet
hidden TOOL that parents & teachers
have to help CASIGY kids and teens deal with their difficulties?
o Its the most natural way we all learn
o It takes one to know one
o You can't lead someone
o where you are not willing
o or able to go
o The most powerful influence on the child is the
unlived life of the parent/teacher (Jung)
o Use these tools for yourself first, then pass them along
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BONUS TOOL!!
PlayShops for Parents & Teachers of GT Students
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1. Five Fun Steps to Overcome Obstacles & Reach Your Goals
How to -
a) Build a BRIDGE between where you are .. and where you want to go b) PLAY your way past barriers to your big goals, (like Einstein did)
c) Keep your LIFE aligned ~ Mind-Body-Soul-Spirit
d) Face your dragons and win them over to be your supporters
e) Increase your creativity and innovation so you can reach your goals
2. LIVING The Top Ten Tools for CASIGYs How to -
a) Decrease over-sensitivity without sacrificing the benefits of sensitivity
b) Know what the REAL issue is, no matter what your kids SAY
c) Build a Strong Sense of Self at any age level d) Make Life with GT kids/teens an Adventure, not an Ordeal
e) Know WHEN to get help & what kind of help to get
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