Do you often feel like you think too much, or that your brain will explode? Do you regularly insomnia when you have great fatigue, you suffer from anxiety, and sometimes you get near depression or think you have bipolarity?
These are characteristics of mental overefficiency that are found all over the Internet.
Even though I find that they look too much like a horoscope (thanks to the barnum effect), I decided today to study this notion of mentally overefficient person in more depth.
In fact, being overefficient mental is having an over-efficient brain, so faster, more "productive". It also corresponds to what we call persons to High Intellectual Potential, gifted, and more and more we come across this idea of zebra in psychology (not animal)
But then who are these people with such great cognitive power? How do I know you're part of it? And above all, how can we calm this mind so invading?
Definition of mental efficiency
Mental overefficiency is a cognitive characteristic where an individual has a higher than average ability to process information. This includes fast thinking, high sensitivity, and ability to perceive complex connections. It is often associated with gift or High Intellectual Potential.
How do we know we have mental overefficiency?
For know if we are HIP, you must pass an IQ test with a specialist psychologist in the gift.
If you have an intellectual quotient greater than or equal to 130, then you will be one of the over-efficient people.
In percentage, mental overefficiency would represent about 2.5% of the population.
To date, this is the only definition of mental overefficiency: an IQ of more than 130.
The gap is more noticeable among early children who may be in a situation of school failure or on the contrary have a great academic success. In any case, the teacher may report a particular cognitive function (or at least suspicion) and suggest a psychological assessment.
What are the symptoms of mental overefficiency?
The symptoms of mental overefficiency are the same as symptoms of people HIP.
There are 7 main ones (in any case from the emails you send) that are:
- Perfectionism because you like everything to be perfect
- Extralucidity : your strong intuition
- Creativity
- Emotional and sensory hypersensitivity Your emotions are exacerbated and your 5 senses are very developed. Sometimes we talk about high emotional potential.
- Curiosity because you're passionate about everything you do, you're going to do it all... before you change your passion!
- The feeling of lag with others that has been with you since childhood that may force you to wear a social mask, called false self
- And the need for justice because you hate what is not right in the world
Obviously, the horoscope effect is still present in this description. These signs and characteristics of mental overefficiency are only there to put the chip in your ear and should not be used as a true method of validation.
Who can make a diagnosis of mental overefficiency?
In order to be diagnosed as a mental overefficient, you must go to a psychologist who is used to passing intellectual quotient tests.
In France, we use a test called WAIS 4.
I think you understood the song, it's the same process as for make a diagnosis of HIP Adult.
As I told you, mental overefficiency and HIP are the same. It's just a other name to describe the gift.
Note that it is not a question of disease, so there is no treatment.
Where to take a mental overefficiency test?
There are a lot of psychologists who can help you in France. If necessary, I have grouped those recommended in my directory of psychologists specialized in the HIP.
Note also that I see more and more psychologists quite renowned in the middle (such as Monique de Kermadec for example) propose alternative tests without using the intellectual quotient.
Instead, they rely on the symptoms of the high intellectual level (see above) to make a kind of test High Intellectual Potential.
Again, pay attention to the barnum effect. As this is a self-diagnosis of mental overefficiency, some responses may not be objective.
Why do some people think too much?
Some people think too much because of what is called tree thought.
It should be noted that this idea of a tree is not realistic. In truth, the brain (as overefficient as it may be) cannot think of two things. simultaneously as suggested by tree thought.
That said, the brain of a mental overefficient thinks well faster. It is this speed in ideas that can give this impression of simultaneously.
The speed of thought is linked to a better neuronal connection thanks to a better rate of myelinization of the brain.
Since myelins protect neurons better, they can communicate better with each other.
In addition, the callous body that separates the two hemispheres from the brain is more permeable and allows a better discussion between the right and left hemisphere.
In short, the news goes faster and is transmitted in better conditions, hence this feeling of too much thought and brain that will explode.
How can you channel your invading mind?
Several solutions exist to calm his brain:
- Meditation whose results are no longer to be proved
- Sport that allows to evacuate part of brain hyperactivity through the body
- Food and health
- Heart consistency. Many smartphone apps can help you. For my part I use the application Breathe which is simple and effective
Did you see? There is no miracle method. Above all, there is not a universal method that would work for everyone.
It is up to you to test different solutions to find the one(s) that suits you to you.
What is the link between mental overefficiency and hypersensitivity?
Depending on who you ask, you will learn that all mental overefficiencies are hypersensitive, or only one part, or none.
In fact, we don't know anything about it and science can't figure it out yet because it doesn't exist to date. hypersensitivity test is recognized by all.
J link between gifted and hypersensitive.
How to live with a mental overefficient?
Like we'd live together with anyone. I do not like this classification of over-benefits at all in a separate box.
Okay, our brains are moving fast. But we remain normal people, in their own right. This extraordinary intelligence is only a part of us, and does not represent us in our entirety.
Living with a Zebra may have some peculiarities. Just like living with a big, a small, a big, a skinny, a rich or I don't know who could have one.
So if you live in love with a mental overefficient, go talk to him about it and learn to live with it. him. My blog won't help you any more because... I don't know him. He's a full person.
If necessary, I spread many testimonies Over-efficient people to guide you.
What are the best books on mental overefficiency?
The big book that popularized this idea of mental overefficiency is I think too much by Christel Petitcollin. But I also recommend that you read My Brain is Hyper of Cathy Assenheim I enjoyed it very much.
In brief: a few words about mental boiling
Mental boiling refers to an intense and often chaotic state of brain activity, characterized by a constant flow of thoughts, ideas and associations. This can be manifested by mental overstimulation, difficulty concentrating, and a tendency to intellectual hyperactivity, often felt in periods of stress or creativity.
- It is characterised by higher than average cognitive abilities
- Key symptoms include perfectionism, strong intuition, creativity, increased emotional and sensory sensitivity, and a strong sense of justice.
- To calm his mental overefficiency, I recommend techniques such as meditation, physical exercise, good nutrition and healthy lifestyles.
