7 things that only highly creative people understand

Do you consider yourself a highly creative person and feel strange about it? Don’t worry, it’s normal. Neuroscience confirms that highly creative people think and act differently. Our brains are literally wired in a unique way.

We are not going to fool ourselves: Creativity is a wonderful gift for many things, but it can also be a problem when it comes to relating to others.. As a highly creative person, you may experience tense situations in which you feel like a stranger, a being completely different from others, as if you were part of a particular world.

How good it would be for all of us if those who try to change us made an effort to understand us, don’t you think?

So that those who do not understand our way of seeing things look at us with different eyes, and so that all those highly creative minds feel more understood, the following lines go.

Traits that define highly creative people

Creative people have their own lens through which we look at the world. Although creative people are very different from each other, we do share similar traits and behaviors. Some of them are the following:

We are curious and our mind never stops

The minds of creative people are fueled by curiosity, from which we obtain constant inspiration. That insatiable curiosity is looking for the next good idea to do something or improve what we know.

Our mind never stops. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing. That is no obstacle to daydreaming or making new plans.

We have trouble following the rules

Rules are a big obstacle in the way of the highly creative mind., who needs to manage their own time and control their own work. This means that highly creative people do not stop asking questions that challenge the status quo and that we do not stop asking ourselves why we have to submit to rules that limit our aspirations.

Rebellion is a common trait of highly creative people, as this is how we redefine our own lives.

We need to be alone from time to time

Highly creative people need to enjoy our own solitude, being alone with our thoughts.. This is how we recharge and reflect on our lives and decisions.

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Introspection also helps us do better work, solve problems, and find bigger ideas. Solitude and silence help us feed our creative souls.

We look for our passion, much more than money

Creative people listen to our hearts to follow our passions, despite what others say or think. Most people don’t understand that our passion is more important to us than money. We settle for a job that does not feed our creative soul, not even if it is well paid. For us it is not enough. This is why we consider ourselves irresponsible.

What people don’t understand is that not wanting to live chained to “what should be” does not make us more foolish or immature, but rather braver.

We tend to have an unstable mood

Creative people have a dark side, since we change moods easily. It all depends on what happens inside our restless mind.

Creativity gives us a sensitive heart. This high sensitivity allows us to create wonderful things, but it is also a great source of suffering.

We are intuitive, bold and risk-loving

Creative people act by instinct, because we are very intuitive.. That is why we like risk so much, why we like to experience new things or why we enjoy meeting new people.

Taking risks is full of opportunities for us. It opens the doors to new ideas and possibilities. The opportunity to learn and win outweighs the risks, which are not as obvious to us as they are to others.

“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.”

-John Cleese-

We create our own opportunities

For highly creative people there is no room for waiting or routine. If we don’t have what we want, we look for it, even if that means losing sleep, giving up spending time with our loved ones, or even putting some of our obligations on the back burner.