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Hyperneuroplasticity Across the Lifespan
Looking across the lifespan, hyperneuroplasticity emerges as a systemic orientation that permeates every stage of development, rather than a temporary trait to be gained or lost.

Dr. Patty Gently
Sep 158 min read
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Toward a Dynamical Systems Approach to Treating Functional Neurological Disorder
Treatment thus becomes a collaborative effort to gently nudge trajectories toward integration, coherence, and functional adaptability, while honoring the complexity of FND and providing practical avenues for change.

Dr. Patty Gently
Sep 137 min read
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Dynamic Systems, Process Metaphysics, and Hyperneuroplasticity: Stability Through Flux
Epigenetics illustrates how coherence at the cellular level is achieved through regulatory processes that are themselves mutable. Process metaphysics explains this at the level of being, while hyperneuroplasticity captures it in the lived experience of certain neurobiological profiles. Whether at the scale of molecules, neural networks, or whole organisms, stability arises by transforming with change rather than resisting it.

Dr. Patty Gently
Sep 39 min read
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Stress, the Amygdala, and Hyperneuroplasticity
a hyperneuroplastic brain is like a high-speed recorder. It takes a snapshot of stressful or threatening experiences and plays them back on repeat, long after the danger is gone. That rapid wiring can be life-saving in moments of real threat, yet it also explains why stress can leave such deep grooves, making it harder to shake habits of fear, vigilance, or avoidance once they’ve been learned.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 186 min read
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Monotropism and Hyperneuroplasticity
Taken together, this lens shows that depth, adaptability, and vulnerability are not separate traits but interconnected expressions of the same neural architecture. Monotropism sets the direction of attention, and hyperneuroplasticity may help explain the magnitude and persistence of its impact.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 1610 min read
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Hyperneuroplasticity, Dissociation, and Tinnitus. Oh My.
Among hyperneuroplastic individuals, those who rarely or never dissociate seem more likely to develop tinnitus, possibly because their auditory systems remain in continuous engagement.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 129 min read
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Hyperneuroplasticity as the Umbrella Neurodivergence for Deep Neural Adaptation
For years, we've been handed diagnostic fragments. Each label attempts to describe a set of traits, challenges, or neurological styles. Yet beneath the variation, there is a shared thread running through many of these lived experiences, one that rarely gets named directly: a nervous system that adapts quickly, deeply, and often at great cost.

Dr. Patty Gently
Jul 99 min read
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Galvanic Systems: A Deeper Dive into the Metaphor, with Help from a Marine Engineer
And like ships designed for long, demanding journeys, galvanic individuals need regular maintenance, conscious design, and systems that help them stay afloat, without corroding in silence, sinking into hidden spaces, or wrecking against unattended shores.

Dr. Patty Gently
Jul 96 min read
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Exploring Narcissism and “Cluster B Shaming" Through a Lens of Attachment Trauma and the Rapid Resolution of Cognitive Dissonance
this is a call to reflection and compassion, aiming to foster healing for all

Dr. Patty Gently
Jan 35 min read
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Bloomers Gifted and 2e Adults: How It Came to Be
Recently, I posed the question: why are we called Bloomers? The responses were as varied as they were delightful

Dr. Patty Gently
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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The Intensive Soul of Money: Learning Lessons that Add Value Beyond Bucks
growth and recovery become acts of self-care, where individuals can heal without feeling pressured to meet external expectations

Dr. Patty Gently
Oct 15, 20245 min read
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Giftedness and Magical Thinking: How Magical Is It?
How many of us gifted pattern-finders and meaning-makers have been accused of magical thinking or something similar such as apophenia?

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 28, 20248 min read
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Complex Trauma, cPTSD, and Gifted Neurodivergence
And gosh, I could say that giftedness intensifies the complexity of the already complex.

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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They say cracks are where the light comes in, forgetting that meant to see the sun, I had to first be broken.

Darlene Cunningham
May 13, 20242 min read
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What is Trauma?
Trauma, a powerful and far-reaching force, casts a profound shadow over the human experience.

Dr. Patty Gently
Jan 31, 20247 min read
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Post-BITT Dream
By Reuven Kotleras on October 8, 2023 Reuven Kotleras is a profoundly gifted ex-child and polymath. He has published professionally on...

Reuven Kotleras
Oct 8, 20236 min read
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School and Our Mama Bear Battles
By Dr. Patty Williams on August 17, 2023 Bright Insight Support Network founder and president Dr. Patty Williams is a trauma therapist...

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 17, 20233 min read
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Trauma Manifestations Among Gifted (Q & A)
By Dr. Patty Williams on August 8, 2023 Bright Insight Support Network founder and president Dr. Patty Williams is a trauma therapist and...

Dr. Patty Gently
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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Writing About Writing About Giftedness & Trauma
I started out my book with a forward that I would like to share here. I think it is important and interesting enough...

Dr. Patty Gently
May 30, 20235 min read
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