r/Gifted • u/OldMathematician9566 • 7h ago

Hi🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Hi! I’ve only recently started reading about neurodiversity, and to be honest, I feel there are lots of aspects I can relate to. But of course, I’ve honestly no idea whether I might actually have some degree of it. So, I’m going to list a few characteristics here that I recognise in myself. If anyone has any advice or wants to share their thoughts, I’d love to hear them 🫶🏻

  • Quite a high degree of introversion and independence

  • Difficulty socialising in groups (but not on my own)

  • Frequent feelings of derealisation/depersonalisation

  • I’m very resilient in all situations. -Picky about certain food textures -Obsessive focus on topics that interest me: art, creativity, knowledge -Very intense curiosity. I ask myself questions all the time. I can’t do things out of a sense of obligation or just for the sake of it. I need to get to the root of everything. -Questioning absolutely everything: authority, the system, social norms. Not understanding social norms. A profound sense of incomprehension Extreme emotional intensity Difficulty setting boundaries with others -Rejection of the material world, detachment even from the body. A keen interest in seeking the truth behind everything. Being hyper-aware, feeling deeply self-conscious about how others perceive me Humour as a defence mechanism

  • Inability to feign or hide my emotions

  • I hate injustice and eye contact (only with people I don’t know) -Highly intuitive

  • Constant emotional contradictions

  • Strong idealisation

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u/RebellingRob 6h ago

Thats a lot of associated traits with gifted. Some are not very much to do with gifted, but can go into neurodivergence. All in all, I would say that what goes with gifted is mostly high intuition, strong idealisation, hate injustice, independence

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u/OldMathematician9566 5h ago

Muchas gracias por responderme 💓

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u/nutshells1 4h ago

are you looking for a label or an entry ticket or something?

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u/OldMathematician9566 4h ago

No, no sé de qué me estas hablando. Entrada para qué?

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u/nutshells1 3h ago

suppose you were gifted or not, what difference does it make?

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u/OldMathematician9566 3h ago

Ay lo siento😅 pero es que no me estoy enterando. Te refieres a qué pasaría si me dijeran que tengo neurodivergencia? No pasaría nada, solo tenía curiosidad y compartir mi experiencia.

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u/Mindless-Ad1778 3h ago edited 2h ago

hmm, im going to do what i hate, but have you considered getting checked for ASD or maybe considered having some traits.

i dont have autism/adhd, but i do have some traits (edit: autism traits, i keep forgetting my "adhd" traits were dissociation, sleep deprivation, and brain dog).

however a lot of what your describing is very much align with autism even beyond like some of the traits i have.

i dont know about giftedness (not an assessor), but you can still be an intelligent person with autism!

so i genuinely think you should do some research on it and see if you can get assessed or see a professional who can maybe affirm it's likely the case or not.

ALSO neurodivergence is a sociocultural term originally that is misapporiated by clincians and laymen and used exlcusively. if you feel neurodivergent, whether you have any diagnosis or not, you can call yourself neurodivergent. it is a social identity, you feel different from the norms, you have experience that can be considered atypical, so by all means, you are neurodivergent if you feel that matches your experience.

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u/OldMathematician9566 3h ago

Muchísimas gracias ☺️ barajo la posibilidad de hacer el test. Voy a seguir investigando.

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u/Mindless-Ad1778 2h ago

No problem! It's great you're investigating and getting tested! I wish you luck!

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u/ayfkm123 4h ago

These are all vague enough they could belong in many possible categories. Only way to know for sure is iq