Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
DD actually struggles a bit with this as a part of her identity, which I gather isn't all that uncommon.

She feels a little insecure about being PG because she seems to lack an area of-- well, of singularity, for lack of a better term. She does most cognitively-based tasks and activities well, often with little practice or effort, and often at a level 2+ years beyond her agemates.

To her, it feels pretty even. To others it can seem pretty even, too-- at least if she were 16-17 and not 12-13, that is.

I was exactly this way as a child. I remember one night being in tears because, "Sure I'm good at a lot of things, but I'm not the best at anything!" and my mother trying to reassure me.


She thought she could, so she did.