QUOTE (Asphodel @ Jun 22 2008, 09:41 AM)

My sister somehow managed that, and she can't read or even write worth a damn.
It makes me wonder. It really makes me wonder. *ponders*
I fit the Indigo description perfectly, but I can not and will not apply the term to myself. I still can't even believe it.
I analyze my thoughts similarly to puridalan. It affects me, though. It can be very hard to sleep. My mind wont shut down, and I'll wake like Clovis. Aside from thinking, I get memories stuck in my mind that I'll analyze over and over again, against my will. It can be particularly difficult because the memories are vivid, and I have to literally feel all over again. These memories are awful sometimes. Just awful. Clovis, my mother does the same thing. I'm guessing it is more common than suspected.
I would have to speak to my mother who is also an insomniac. Maybe it is inherited? But I do think that our dreams our manifestations of our waking hours. So if we are in constant thinking mode awake this would then extend itself to our nonvisual dreams. Not sure if anything how this might be related to information overload since this is not directly the classic definition of
information overload. Over analyzation of anything definitely falls into that category though. It seems that one adverse effect might lend itself to other adverse affects at least under the classical definition of information overload which is just having available 'too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic.'
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An article in the New Scientist magazine claimed that exposing individuals to an information overloaded environment resulted in lower IQ scores than exposing individuals to marijuana[4], although these results are contested[5]. The same article also notes that a night without sleep can be as debilitating as over-exposure to information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_o...logical_EffectsSo if over analyzing something can have the same effect as going a night without sleep then how worse shall it be to actually go without sleep or just sleep for a few hours?
QUOTE (Flop @ Jun 22 2008, 10:54 AM)

Every mom says that their kid is an indigo child. My mom even said that I was one. If 95% of kids are... then I really don't find it to be such a big deal, and just wonder about those who arn't. These days, we have very young kids able to do many things... have you seen a five year old work a computer? It sounds like a disaster (I just keep thinking of a sticky keyboard...eww), but actually they're quite adept. With all the technology becoming so much apart of daily life, maybe they've just adapted to it and things?
I know that up until I was about fifteen, I couldn't go to the mall. I would walk around, and start having panic attacks, and would cry. I couldn't breathe, and would go through like eight emotions at once. Most of the time I would have to hide in a corner of a big store (I remember the kitchen section of like, JC Penny or something.) and slowly calm down. I hated it. Still now, I can only go to small malls, and when I do I need to have a very laid back friend, and an urge to shop. Mom thought that I was feeling everyone there. I don't know what to think. Also, I have ADD and OCD. I scored like high 130's on an IQ test when I was in elementary school. And yet... I really don't care. Indigo kids just seems like a way for people to make money.
And that, my friends, is my 2 cents. ^^
Every mother thinks their child is special but to the rest of the world lol they might think otherwise...
...it sounds perhaps like you are an empath. I know I have a light touch of it but not the point where it becomes debilitating. But being around crowds, like in a grocery store, especially when everyone is in their own little world, going through their own emotions or thoughts, it does take a toll on me, it drains me of energy. But if I am in a crowd where everyone is on the same page, like a big party, and interacting with everyone, it can provide me energy and make me feel more alive. But on the topic of pure empathy it is just the quality of being able to put yourself in someone else's shoes and feel their emotions but perhaps it lends itself to actually sharing that emotion. So in a crowded place where everyone has their own set of emotions, none the same, it is a form of emotion overload.
Ahh the kitchen appliance section of stores like JC Penney, Montgomery Ward or Sears is almost like a sanctuary. I know exactly what you mean. Best Buy and the like do not have the same quality in their kitchen appliance sections. And when you mentioned it I can vividly sense being there, the floor, the aisles, the lights above. It is the same in most of the store but they all somehow seem different there. I know when I used to meet girls at the mall it was one of the places we could go into just to have conversations that allowed for greater connection.
QUOTE (Aanica @ Jun 22 2008, 06:25 PM)

I am curious how do you achieve sleep? I have the same problem quieting my mind I use the T.V to help me by focusing on the sound so my mind settles.
I have tried many things. Chamomile tea is one of the first things my father suggested as a teen. I used to need the radio to go to sleep. My wife needs the TV. As an adult though I learned in the last few years only how to simply shut my mind off. It is not always successful and sometimes I just fall asleep thinking but if I know I have to go to sleep at a certain time I have sometimes been able just to forcefully shut my mind down. It is hard to explain but it is like I can imagine a certain energy washing over me from my head down to my chest out through my hands and into the rest of my body. Then in waves at first in two second intervals continue the same energy which slowly grow into longer intervals into I no longer need to generate those waves. I am sure the waves are a certain frequency though I do not know which but it is very calming.
QUOTE (Evil Dick @ Jun 22 2008, 06:48 PM)

I use a certain plant which cannot be mentioned here to cure my insomnia when it occurs.
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In regards to this indigo child thing I think the root cause for parents to say their kids are indigo kids is simple, they want their kids to be unique and special from every other kid out there.
Those who sell books and what not who talk about this make their bread by playing off of the mindset of parents clearly who want their kids to be more then they appear to be.
It is clear to me that there is no such thing as an indigo child... Unless proven otherwise of course.
I do believe there is such a thing as indigo children. It might be over diagnosed, not that it is a diagnosis but you get my point, and well maybe it is just a product of earth aka Gaea. The way I see it is that everyone has a purpose in life and it can at times be difficult to realize it. As far as the few indigos that do exists, and maybe they are more in number now, but their purpose is to help about the earth changes, to help stop the dangers and peril we now face collectively because we are destroying the earth, we have to adapt or die out as a species and take out other species with us. Self-regulation of Gaea.
Now it should be made clear that the spiritual component of it all is not something I necessarily agree with but I do understand it.
QUOTE (puridalan @ Jun 22 2008, 08:44 PM)

First off I already know the drug that you are using haha weed, and in all honesty it is probably less harmful than a lot of the sleeping prescription drugs they try to pull out there...as I've been given multiple narcotics in which weed seems like cotton candy.
As for indigo children being saints...ha-ha I don't know what bs someone is feeding you, I know an 'indigo' child and in no way is she a saint, sure she can read people's emotions like I can wonderfully but that gives her NO reason to act like a 'pouter' around others to get her way. Sure it's hard, but being a 'term' gives you no write to be 'better' than the rest of the race. Like I said the term means nothing to me, sure I have extra sensory perception proved by neurologists and allergy doctors themselves, but that doesn't make me superhuman.
So, what if you were reading on a 11th grade level at 3rd, they thought I would never read, but one day I just started away like it was nothing, it's all a part of life and we each have our weakness...but trying to make your strengths into something 'magical' when it isn't is actually I find rude and a bit disturbing.
As for 'reviewing' my thoughts it is because yes PART of me wants to find the 'meaning' the substance, sure I can read and write...but that is nothing without the pure energy of the connection you share with others and your environment. I realized that I never wanted to work in an office, because I was a 'hands on type of person'.
I liked to learn languages not for the words, but the meaning in the words that connected me with people around the world, the smile on their faces when I used their language was priceless...understanding people makes the difference
This just goes to prove that you cannot please an indigo no matter how you try and go about it.
About language though your assessment is something I can understand. Words are magical, they connect people, and when you learn words in another language you somehow are able to connect to other people on their terms. It is so sad when a people and a language go extinct. Some concepts, feelings, understanding, are simply lost and certain words and concepts cannot be translated into another language. This is why I have always been interested in learning other languages even if it has only resulted in learning a few phrases so far >_<