I didn't know before that I was intense. People told me but I didn't know what they meant. I had no idea I was "different" that way.
Then I met some gifted people and finally realized what those other people meant when they said I was intense. So, now I really reel it in and keep a lid on it. Sometimes it is hard when I'm excited/upset about something.
I must've blown people away before I knew this about myself. They couldn't help me because they had no idea why I was like this, of course. They could only tell me that I was intense. But I couldn't see it myself what the difference was. (And really, why aren't other people more intense about stuff, didn't they care? etc etc)
It makes me really sad that I've spent more than half my life oblivious to who I was as a person and just getting weird looks and not knowing why. What was wrong with me? But apparently this is all normal for those on the 'bright' end of things. (This is the only place in the world I would say this. Heheh)
And so, to answer your question, yes, I would be too much for other people to take if I didn't keep a lid on it.
