Originally Posted by traceyqns
My DS is very emotional and could be exaggerating.

Hi Traceyqns-
There is another way of looking at this:
Combo of OverExcitabilities and
Outward Directed Perfectionism.

The OE's mean that every happy and sad moment are intensely happy AND intensely sad. He's not really being very emotional compared to other people who are like him.
And the ODP means that the has a picture in his head of what would be under ideal circumstances that 'haunts him.'

These are daily occurances for all the members of my family. I gave DS12 the quiz in the book 'The Optimistic Child' and he scored 'off the charts' for both Optimism and Pessimism. Just a different normal, I think.

Love and more Love,
Grinity

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