We all suffer impairment as a result of our psychological wounds, but for a gifted person, the results of a traumatic childhood can be devastating. The best psychological recovery and growth for gifted individuals is that which is provided by exceptionally talented facilitators and by those who understand what it is to be gifted. Gifted people with entelechy are often attractive to others who feel drawn to their openness and to their dreams and visions. Being near someone with this trait gives others hope and determination to achieve their own self-actualization. Because so much of a gifted person's process takes place in the inner world of thought and feeling, time and reflection is highly recommended.
Formal education is only one form of preparation for a life of advanced development and excellence.
If you do not prosper in a conventional setting, you might consider some alternatives. Having a mentor is one approach. Or you can invent your own unique method of learning, design your own program of study, getting all the literature, research materials, life experiences and consultants that you need and going to work with them in your own way. Listening with feeling and intuition to the inner voice helps us to see we all carry a reservoir of wisdom and knowing that can serve us wonderfully, if only we would pay attention. Even if you are poor, uneducated, in ill health, or culturally disadvantaged, you can still gain access to everything that you could ever need.