https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/understanding-and-encouraging-the-exceptionally-gifted/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.davidsongifted.org/gifted-blog/understanding-and-encouraging-the-exceptionally-gifted/#comment-4755 Sun, 20 Mar 2022 23:37:19 +0000 http://www.davidsongifted.org/?p=3306#comment-4755 I’m not sure how gifted I am. I have never taken an IQ test but I was once praised by my psychology professor who said that I likely have a”superior level of intelligence”. (Hearing that from him at age 24 or 25 was one of the happiest moment in my life). Reading this has explained so much about my childhood and why I believe it is so hard for me to be the person that I was destined to be (Although a part of me feels as though maybe the person that I am is who I am destined to be). For as long as I can remember, I have always been told that I possess a gift, that I am very intelligent and that I can be anything I want to be/will be successful in life. My parents and other adults always expected better results from me but due to my abilities I was always left to solve problems on my own( I was always given great advice, but I have never really had a bond with anyone). I have always looked at things from the big picture while still getting able to see everyones perspective. I enjoy understanding the facts in most situations while remaining neutral and unbiased to either side. Unfortunately due to the world we live in being one based on control, standardized testing and making decisions based off of emotions/opinions in situations when they should be based off facts, I have had to dumb myself down because I want to be the smartest person in the room but I never want to make anyone else feel dumb. I never commit to anything because I never want to let anyone down. I am forced to pick a side when most in most situations I really don’t care but do have an interest in what’s going on from a historical/psychological perspective(I of course do care about my country, and other people being happy and other things) it’s just really hard to explain. I’m kinda rambling but I just wanted to say that reading this explained all the questions that I’ve had about myself. I feel like I have not been able to be successful in life because I have never had a “user friendly environment”. I feel like I would be successful in life of I could have obtained that one thing. Thank You for taking the time to post this.

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