Several years ago, when I was researching giftedness for my daughter, now 11, I realized that I was not "strange", I was gifted. I am too old to have ever been "gifted" as a child, so I now have a "diagnosis". I began to wonder when my niece, who is highly gifted, was also "strange" just like me.
When I would talk about my interests, my sister always said that buying a new shirt helps. She thought my main issues were that I needed new shoes or needed to learn to be a better swimmer. Neither of these worked for me for some reason.
