Thank you, Dianne. For years, I thought there was something wrong with me. I kept searching for answers until I finally found them at the age of 35. There were times when I felt like I was going crazy-constantly needing my own space, getting anxious in noisy environments, or being overly perfectionistic. I’ve always set the bar high, which led me to procrastinate on my true path. I focused more on others than myself. Eventually, I burned out. I became increasingly frustrated with people and their unethical behavior, leading to emotional outbursts. Small talk is difficult for me, even though I know I can manage it. Over time, everything became overwhelming-I started forgetting names, places, and even struggling with everyday tasks. The demands of mainstream life became too much. So, I decided to resign from my job in logistics and exports, and I am now enrolled in psychology. The challenge is that it feels like I can read people’s thoughts and emotions. I understand human behavior as if it were an open book-one sentence, and I can read between the lines. My intuition is always right, but it feels more like a curse than a gift. My son has the same creative mind, and I first noticed the difference in him before realizing it actually came from my mother. When my son was born, I immediately sensed he was different-a wise old soul who has a natural ability to connect with others. Today he is a wise 6-year-old, kind-hearted, with the most beautiful manners. We never needed to teach him ethics or life skills. It was as if he had learned them in a previous life. When the school requested a performance review, the principal expressed concerns, stating that my son could not be placed in a box. It was then when I realized something was off. He has an awareness like no other. We don't miss shit. 😂 The best part is, we are both lone wolves, but we get it. We get life. We get human behavior. We see patterns. We can understand and read through everything. I always manage to grasp the bigger picture-every single time. But it makes you feel alone, though.

I’m someone who had to leave social media 15 years ago. Although I know I’m missing out on some things, it’s been the best thing for my emotional wellbeing. This makes sense for me now. Thank you for the clarification. If we don’t heed the warnings, our bodies will say no (Mate 2021). I have found a simple life to be a good life.

Too bad it’s called gifted, because it sounds like being an arrogant asshole. At least my gifted ex is, it seems.

Amen

Your insights have been a lifeline for me. Thank you for all that you are doing!

Great video

Great video Dianne. Thanks.

We are enjoying

Sorry Mama 😭

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Thank you. I like believing myself to be the opposite of a wimp. Spiritually and everything else.

Hi Diane, so I’m listening to this because I want to understand my keen intelligence and my ability to put things together in ways that other people don’t and also how my mind works very very quickly, which sometimes leaves people quite daunted or overwhelmed. I was struggling with feeling there was something wrong with me, but now I’m seeing it’s a super power. However, even though you are wanting people to feel comfortable within their skin you’re actually doing the exact opposite unknowingly because when you term our sensitivities (super power) as “over excitable “you’re actually are framing us as abnormal and having pathology with your words. You’re putting us into boxes and comparing us to the norm. Instead of saying “over” excitable you could say that all of the other people that are not like us are dull-witted and dim. That would be putting them down as well. That’s not ok. Please be careful with your words. It is part of my giftedness is to notice these things. You are actually labeling us as not as good enough. You are putting us against a norm. That norm is just because there’s more people that are NOT gifted. That norm is called the average. WE are remarkable in our abilities. Not only am I gifted in my intelligence my but I am also Claire sentient, and can feel frequencies of others thoughts in my body. I can also transmute those frequencies because being gifted also allows us to play with our giftedness and create something even more magnificent with them. I invite you to stop using the word “over excitable” and look at your language. Having said that I appreciate what your doing and all gifteds need to have a voice. Your giving a voice to gifteds but be careful not to take it away with the words you blithely use. ❤

Finally a channel about giftedness that I relate to. I'm gifted, but I'm not a savant. I was feeling like I need to be a math genius in order to be considered gifted

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I’ve had struggles all my life with whatever my level of intelligence is (no iq test taken yet), I can’t seem to relate to almost anyone. So many people like to blindly trust whatever the agreed upon standard of knowledge is and they do not question it. So many “intelligent” people do not think for themselves too often , and are highly reliant on memorisation and regurgitate of information. And it irks me because it seems so shortsighted, I wonder why they aren’t going deeper and wider with their thinking about any given topic. I feel so dumb in my mind, but at the same time it feels like so many people are shortsighted in their approach to anything remotely complex.

Being gifted can be a curse.

I went cold turkey off of ADHD, PTSD, trauma and depression meds last week. I allowed myself to give big pharma a crack at getting me to conform and live a more close-minded existence-im not convinced the meds did anything. Gawd I hate big insurance and big pharma sooooo very much. I'm getting agitated thinking about lol.

❤ thank you, Dianne! I’m already heard and understood by you and this video was soothing, especially in the light of what I was going through just a few weeks ago.

This has a lot of value for me. I plan to watch it over and over to help me absorb this information.

I would love to talk to someone that has a turned-up intensity a little like me. I don't think I've ever met anyone let alone find a partner with any of the same characteristics. I wish I could turn things down a bit, it becomes overwhelming. I thank I'm 2E with ADHD. School for me was terrible! They had me in BOTH learning difficulty classes and regular classes and now that I'm older I'm like what the hell!! I just wasn't interested in school until I graduated a few years later I went to college for one of the top personal training certifications in the nation (NSCA) where the college had an 80% fail rate because they tried cramming all the classes into a little over a year. I passed, many others didn't. I was actually on the dean's list. They turned the program into a 2-year bachelor's program for nutrition and exercise science soon after I graduated. If I'm not interested in whatever it is, good luck it won't happen! That is just 1 of so many other things. I get bored and move on after learning as much as possible but often come back to whatever and just jump around. What is cool about that now though is so many things are starting to mesh together in ways I didn't see or never would have guessed

Finding your channel has been such a blessing, thank you so much. I’m looking forward to listening to your podcast as well

Wowww I didn’t know transitions were hard until I watched this and I really resonate. I find it hard to socialize in the break room as well because my mind is focused. Also find it hard to make friends at work because I’m too focused on my tasks rather than socializing and do not see it as priority especially when the conversations my coworkers have seem pointless and very surface level. 😅 and boring to where I’m at mentally. It’s hard

My own family bullied me more. Classmates ignored me. By my teens, I was totally messed up. Wish I could have watched this video back then. Oh, well, I survived. It was rough but I am o.k. Now.

So basically everyone is gifted…

I am gifted and it does not matter. I am in the top 1% in Spatial Relations: The ability to understand the position of objects in space in relation to each other and to oneself. It didn't make my life any better.

Im going to finish the video, but had to stop and say i can feel my connection to you just by watching you lol. I stumbled onto this topic partly because ive been looking at ADD material, as i went cold turkey off of truama, simulant, and anti-psychotics the other day-I've been on them for four years. My doctor, the last six months or so, I've been noticing, obviously noticing, has become impatient with me. She finally threw up her hands and said tgeres nothing else she xan do for me. The message kinda punched me in the chest. ive been ruminating on it for five weeks, where last week i deliberately fucked off the appointment because fuck her then. So i ditched five or six meds. Withdrawal? Yes. Mindfuck? No. How I perceive myself perceiving the world is totally the same. pardon my language too,bhut fuck big insurance and pharma, and, and, abd lol

I haven’t done an IQ test to put a number to my intelligence, but I don’t feel more intelligent than others. To me the way I perceive it is that so many people seem slower and can’t see the strings that connect the information together. I don’t fully trust doctors anymore, even psychiatrists, I have to fact check, research everything to do with meds especially. And it’s hard to know just how intelligent we are without a frame of reference, and even then it doesn’t seem so simple.

This has been so helpful. Thank you!

I really appreciate this, as a "heavy-hearted" man. I was inspired to look into this, as I've struggled with finding romantic connection partly because - as women have told me - I'm too serious. My work has bridged the environmental sciences and the mental health world, and I perpetually feel overwhelmed by the major existential crises we are facing all around the world, and the traumas we face both collectively and individually. It baffles me how anyone can have fun or be light-hearted in the face of such overwhelming despair, though I realize that most people dissociate from these topics, because they're simply too big and scary to face. But that being said, there have always been big and scary things happening in the world, and still, people have managed to live with lightness and joy. I'm hoping I can figure it out, for my own sake. Thank you for a very thoughtful video (though it's a few years old, so you might not see this).

I was told I was gifted by a teacher when I was 16. Nobody before this said this to me before. My parents were intellectuals and didn’t seem to notice.

Critical thinking is thinking, the rest is just regurgitation. Of course you can 'act dumb' if you don't 'follow the manual' at first, second and third iteration though... Let's go

Their definition of being smart is flawed. They think learning the multiplication table makes you smart. Had problems with my math teacher because he couldn't explain. Knowing facts is just a proxy of being smart that the dumb use to act smart...

So it's more of a signal than just angst, sounds like something positive to unwrap instead of a burden. Interesting way to become the actor instead

Is it common coming from a dysfunctional family and being gifted? For me I think the angst started to come when I knew there were no fixes. Tried to fix it but it was just hot air and then every other illusion broke as well.

Two brilliant people❤

Illuminating… ❤

How is giftedness being defined here? If it's not having a gift. What is it?

That explains the hoarding. Wanting the intensity by having 30 watches instead of just one.

I'm a genius.

Listen to your gut - great advice thank you! Wish more of my patients did that instead of jumping on every trending low-calorie ultraprocessed diet thingie they see on Instagram.

Two lovely women

They love to apply pathologies to all of these features. Sometimes it’s just part of being gifted.

Thank you ❤

At 30:38, we see Victoria-Rose marching words into a careful order to best express the message she wants us to hear - I was already relating to the topic of the video before I watched to that point, but this was the moment where I realized that I was really seeing myself. Thanks for that!

Gracias!

I'm gifted. I've known it because I had to get tested growing up. but I did not understand what it meant so I'm having to learn. this might be life changing. Thank you.

Hello Dianne. Have you considered speaking about Giftedness and Childhood trauma? It is quite a complex topic, I know. But I think it is needed. It could be a series of videos and I’d love to see what you can bring on this subject regarding your vast experience working with gifted people.

This is such a good reminder and reference. Thank you!

8:23 Soap operas . They wanted to fire him because he could not hold a conversation about bloody soap operas! 😂 If this alone doesn’t make you depressed, you can’t think. Truth is the others fear and envy to the point of not making use of the gifted’s abilities. Out of sheer spite. One of the reasons for which I cannot stand humans anymore.

7:51 Oh, yes. I have been called rude when pointed out the obvious in a polite manner. I used to be a rather nice person. Now I don’t give a fuck anymore. I am old, sick and tired of everybody’s bullshit. I am still trying to hide my mind to the point of being accused that I ask ‘stupid questions’ 😂