People with a high IQ face many challenges and one of them is that it is easy to misunderstand and misdiagnose a person who is gifted in this way. Because we make up only 2-3% of the population, getting correctly identified by psychotherapists and others as gifted is unusual. More often, our uniquely sensitive nature is misinterpreted for something else, resulting in a diminishment of self-understanding and self esteem.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 02:26:44 +0000