I have definitely felt misunderstood the majority of my life and I still often do, although at this point (30yo) I have learned to hide certain things in order to better get along with the general population, although there are plenty of things I do that people don't get. My Mother says I'm PG - I was tested when I was 5/6 so I'm not sure if she's remembering correctly or not!
I have written before about how it's hard for me to even 'admit' to being gifted, as if I am lying because I'm not a neurosurgeon or astrophysicist. That's a whole other unrelated thought process.
My daughter is only 3, so she hasn't had much time to be misunderstood yet. I'm sure it's coming though. She's more like a 5/6 year old in most ways, so I can only imagine what it'll be like once she actually is 5/6.
As far as overexcitabilities go, my number one is definitely sensual. Some examples:
- Love to just go to clothing stores and run my hands over the racks to feel all the clothing textures. I always have liked this.
- Very obsessive over colors and color differences. I not only color code my closet (well, most of it is black) but I order by style as well. And I will even stress when a shirt is on the border of two colors, because I want it in the 'right' order.
- LOVE to organize. Alphabetize, size order, you name it. I will actually take all the books off the shelves and reorganize them in a different way, just because I find it enjoyable.
I also display tendencies of Intellectual and (a little bit of) PyschoMotor. My daughter definitely shows PyschoMotor, BUT on the flip side, is that just her being a young child? I'm not entirely sure.
