Re: Growing up gifted

On Dec 4, 10:22 pm, s...@xxxxxxxxx (Stef) wrote:

I don't know of any place that's specifically for collecting the
experiences of people formerly labeled gifted children. A lot of stuff
on the Intarwebs seems to be about the experiences of people who think
differently from "the norm." (Piglet is right that the former
soc.singles and ssm are places like that.)

Really? I thought this group was for people who think in exactly the
same way as the Cabal... but if Piglet says so, she must be right...

There are rather a lot of
blogs of people who are diagnosed or self-diagnosed with Asperger's, for
example, which sometimes is associated with being gifted in something
specific as a child.

I've never been sure about Asperger's. I'm pretty certain I don't
have it now, but on the other hand when I look at the list of symptoms
it looks quite similar to how I was when I was a kid - although I've
never seen any suggestions that it's possible to grow out of it. I
sometimes wonder whether my mother suffers from it, though - it would
certainly explain some of the huge frustrations I've had trying to
communicate with her.

I don't think I have Asperger's per se but I find
such blogs interesting because a lot of people who identify that way
have an interesting take on the world.

Haven't read a lot of such stuff myself, but yes, it's a fascinating
condition.

There's also Mensa. I'm not all that impressed with Mensa myself (I've
never joined, but many of the folks I've met who identified themselves
as Mensans had a self-righteous attitude about being smart that I didn't
like...

Indeed, and that's the sort of attitude that's put me off as well. I
no longer regard myself as superior to anyone else and I don't enjoy
the company of other people who do. On the other hand, the fact that
I was treated throughout much of my childhood as though I *was*
superior to other people has had a huge influence of me, and those are
the sorts of issues that I'm interested in exploring.

I wish you success in finding your people.

Thanks. I seem to have made a remarkably good start here.

Guy

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