"Only my brainy nails..."
May. 27th, 2003 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheI am better! Well, I still can't speak properly, and my sinuses are a bit gooey, but I'm mostly better. And so's my eye.
In other news, I have been pondering (inspired by someone else's journal, as so many of these things are) Gifted Child Syndrome. This is the one where you
- are born with talents which set you apart somewhat,
- madly crave approval while feeling sure that you haven't earned it because, after all, you were born with these talents,
- fear failure enough that if you're not actively good at something you don't try to do it,
- usually end up having a particularly hard time relating to real actual people, partially due to not learning how to hide being more [talent] than the people around you.
I know an inordinate number of people suffer from this, and more people who don't think it exists.
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Date: 2003-05-28 03:22 am (UTC)"Yes, it is the case that unusually intelligent and sensitive children may appear to be stupid, but it is also the case that stupid children may appear to be stupid, and this is a possibility I think you should consider."
Appearing stupid
Date: 2003-05-28 04:11 am (UTC)