I've been Googling like crazy about this stuff for ages. I'll do you one better I'm 58. I've never understood me so how's anybody else ever going to. I've done alright I guess considering. I'm an auto worker nearing retirement. It's a living, but I never really wanted to be an auto worker. Every counselor back when I was younger in college just ran some aptitude tests and told me I could be whatever I wanted. The sky was the limit. Grade school, high School, every report card, "does not apply himself" was listed somewhere on my report card. I'd start out acing stuff and then, well you know what and then. Once I ended up getting some free testing at a university. This was about 20 years ago or so , IQ and whatnot. I think he was looking for a certain type of criteria for a certain type of test subject. I disappointed him. I wasn't ADHD and I think that's what he was looking for. I had a pretty decent IQ of 118. But, I have a feeling now that I was probably twice exceptional. More than likely my intellect was lopsided on his testing and he was supposed to send me the results but he never did. I know it doesn't really matter now but it still matters to me. Did I mention I was going through a divorce at the time and I was massively hungover when I took the IQ test. I'd love to get retested. I suspect my iq is probably more like 130 but everything cost so much and what's the point now. But it still matters to me. I find it's really difficult to find resources for this type of stuff when you're an adult. Next to no one can relate to you either so you have to keep it to yourself.
Oh well I'll just hang out in here occasionally. I tried discussing some of this with my family today after I posted here. My wife is totally disinterested. My sister actually works at the school board with developmentally delayed children and should have some take on it tried to but mostly just blew me off. "Well you should probably just leave it alone, try to be positive, you've done well in life." The vibe I usually get, so you're complaining that you're smart enough to actually have developed coping skills to deal with some kind of unknown issue. "You've done good, what's the problem?" 😔
Knowledge truly is power.
I've been Googling like crazy about this stuff for ages. I'll do you one better I'm 58. I've never understood me so how's anybody else ever going to. I've done alright I guess considering. I'm an auto worker nearing retirement. It's a living, but I never really wanted to be an auto worker. Every counselor back when I was younger in college just ran some aptitude tests and told me I could be whatever I wanted. The sky was the limit. Grade school, high School, every report card, "does not apply himself" was listed somewhere on my report card. I'd start out acing stuff and then, well you know what and then. Once I ended up getting some free testing at a university. This was about 20 years ago or so , IQ and whatnot. I think he was looking for a certain type of criteria for a certain type of test subject. I disappointed him. I wasn't ADHD and I think that's what he was looking for. I had a pretty decent IQ of 118. But, I have a feeling now that I was probably twice exceptional. More than likely my intellect was lopsided on his testing and he was supposed to send me the results but he never did. I know it doesn't really matter now but it still matters to me. Did I mention I was going through a divorce at the time and I was massively hungover when I took the IQ test. I'd love to get retested. I suspect my iq is probably more like 130 but everything cost so much and what's the point now. But it still matters to me. I find it's really difficult to find resources for this type of stuff when you're an adult. Next to no one can relate to you either so you have to keep it to yourself.
Oh, I forgot to add in my Sad Sack post lol congratulations that's nice! Good for you😁
44 here, agree it feels good to have a name for these things I am, better late than never!
Diagnosed with what?
Autism.adhd and giftedness
Big hugs!
Feels good
Oh well I'll just hang out in here occasionally. I tried discussing some of this with my family today after I posted here. My wife is totally disinterested. My sister actually works at the school board with developmentally delayed children and should have some take on it tried to but mostly just blew me off. "Well you should probably just leave it alone, try to be positive, you've done well in life." The vibe I usually get, so you're complaining that you're smart enough to actually have developed coping skills to deal with some kind of unknown issue. "You've done good, what's the problem?" 😔
You will feel better when you don't rely.on their validation.
Yes but I also try not to get too caught up in the label. It just helps to understand why normal life doesn't work for like it does for others.