#developing-creativity

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Jessica Chastain and High Sensitivity

See on Scoop.it - Highly Sensitive

Many talented and creative people experience the personality trait of high sensitivity, which often includes strong emotional reactivity.

Actor Jessica Chastain: “I’m very sensitive in real life. I cannot not cry if someone around me is crying…even if it’s not appropriate.”

Elaine Aron, PhD is one of the leading writers and researchers on the personality trait of high sensitivity (sensory processing sensitivity; present for about 15 to 20 percent of us), and she declares that HSPs (highly sensitive persons) “do cry more readily than others. It was a strong finding in our research.”

Douglas Eby’s insight:

A related post: Jessica Chastain on being sensitive and a loner - While studying theater at Juilliard , she was terrified that she’d be exposed as a talentless hack and sent home.“It’s really why I never partied with the other students,” says Chastain.

http://talentdevelop.com/6373/jessica-chastain-on-being-sensitive-and-a-loner/

See on highlysensitive.org

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As creative people, we can experience self-critical thoughts and insecurity based on myths we have picked up about creative genius or being an artist.

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Writer Suzanne Collins is hopeful we can change and evolve as a species, and that stories like The Hunger Games may help eventually to end war.

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Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD comments on cultivating a creative mind-set, dealing with a creative block and how to stretch your imagination.

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Research indicates that creative people tend to daydream more, and are more able to harness the continuity between nightdreaming and daydreaming.

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Creative thinking and expression involves many skills and cognitive abilities, which can be enhanced by all sorts of experiences, even video games.

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Research suggests people are more creative when they have privacy and freedom from interruption. The most creative people in many fields are often introverted.