Do any of you feel that you and/or your children are sometimes/often misunderstood by administrators, teachers, professors, psychologists, or even therapists because of giftedness? For instance, if you or your child indicates that a class is not sufficiently challenging, this might be taken as arrogance though this was never the intention? If you and/or your child has or still encounters this, how do you deal with these irritating incidences? Is this feeling of being misunderstood something we must become accustomed to?
Often people will feign ignorance because it is convenient to do so. And sometimes the ignorance is real. One tricky thing is figuring out which situation you are dealing with.
Do any of you and/or your children suffer from hypersensitivity--i.e. extreme sensitivity due to noises in the background, lights flickering, clocks ticking, or even an intensity in terms of experiencing physical pain and emotions?
No. No-one in our family has ever had anything like this (except maybe with emotions). Are you suggesting such symptoms are somehow related to giftedness?
