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Originally Posted by CFPurpose

I found this list about 2 years ago. Supposedly, you are an Indigo if you possess all of the following characteristics or are only short by 2 or 3. I have a hard time indentifying myself or anyone as an Indigo. "Indigo" is a term we have come up with and who's to say someone is really anything we have termed? Hmmmm.

Are intelligent (though did not necessarily have top grades).

Are very creative and enjoy making things.

Always need to know WHY (especially why they are being asked to do something).

Had disgust and perhaps loathing for the inanity of much of the required work in school, the repetition.

Were rebellious in school, refusing to do homework, rejecting authority of teachers OR seriously wanted to rebel, but didn't DARE, usually due to parental pressure.

May have experienced early existential depression and feelings of helplessness. These may have ranged from sadness to utter despair. Suicidal feelings while still in high school or younger are not uncommon in the Indigo Adult.

Have difficulty in service-oriented jobs - resistance to authority and caste system of employment.

Prefer cooperative efforts or leadership position or solo if expertise is valued.

Have deep empathy for others, yet an intolerance of stupidity.

Extremely emotionally sensitive including crying at the drop of a hat (no shielding) - to no expression of emotion (full shielding).

May have trouble with RAGE.

Have trouble with most systems (either emotionally, mentally, or physically)- political, educational, medical, law.

Alienation from politics - feeling your voice won't count and that the outcome really doesn't matter anyway.

Frustration with or rejection of the traditional American dream - 9-5 career, marriage, 2.5 children, house with white picket fence, etc.

Anger at rights being taken away, fear and/or fury at "Big Brother watching you."

They feel a need like a burning desire to do something to change and improve the world. May be stymied what to do.

Have psychic or spiritual interest fairly young - in or before teen years.
Had few if any Indigo role models.

Have strong intuition.

Random behavior pattern or mind style - (symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder), may have trouble focusing on a task unless of OWN choosing, may jump around in conversations.

Have had psychic experiences, such as premonitions, seeing angels or ghosts, hearing voices.

Sexually expressive and inventive OR may reject sexuality in boredom. May explore alternate types of sexuality.

Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world May seek this through religion, spiritual groups and books, self-help groups or books, or individually.

If they find balance they may become very strong, healthy, happy lightworkers.

Metagifted Education Resource Organization: Adult Indigos

Interestingly, you actually almost described me spot on here and the only thing I've really read about "indigos" sounded so blatantly new-agey that I blew it off as nothing...

I hated school (hardly ever went), got decent grades which would have been much better if I'd actually applied myself but was bored to death by most of it and it took all of my energy just to stay focused or even awake (I'm talking kindergarten through graduating High School here- I hated almost every bit).

Also went through a period of really horrible depression (mainly from age 17 or so til about 23, I'm 24 now and with much more positive mindset though still feel I'm lacking direction toward purpose/passion), sometimes constant suicidal thoughts (the only thing that kept me from doing it was the effect it would have on my mom and dad, even my cat- other than those I couldn't have cared any less at one point). Really a big long story but this is the summary.

Virtually every bit of the above stemmed from realizing I no longer believed in the religion I was brought up in, which made pretty much everything I believed and every sense of purpose I had come crashing down, any sense of there being a point to life was gone... Shaky ground, and then one minor traumatic event occured, with another a couple of yrs later, which really almost did me in even though they weren't that huge of a deal looking back.

The rage part made me laugh, my mom used to tell me I needed anger management therapy when I was a teen, all it finally took was one broken hand thanks to a moment of rage and swift punch into a wall that wound up getting the best of me I learned the value of deep breaths after that one.

Have always been a very sexual person also, and find any religious or spiritual beliefs claiming that sex is somehow dirty or evil to be abhorrent.

I tend to annoy people because I am always interested in why, and again on the subject of religion, a lot of times I can inadvertently turn the "annoy" into "offend", just by asking those questions you "aren't supposed to ask" and not even being antagonistic about it.

"Seek meaning to their life and understanding about the world" - this to me is of 100% absolute importance, finding some reason for being here in the first place that I can actually believe is the #1 goal of my entire life at the moment. Everything else to me would stem from this.


I've never had any kind of psychic or paranormal experience, would love too even though it might terrify me

I could keep on and on, I meant to type a single paragraph and have gone on forever now, and have to leave so I'm going to shut up for now