Can we please talk about being intelligent and aware of it, but not having an iq high enough to be certified for Mensa. Especially in social situations, like I know I have problems with other people because I think different, more abstract and I recognise more patterns and I can calculate faster in math and I also remember more things and am able to learn faster. But I am still not smart enough to be highly gifted. I am over the average, but under the border of highly gifted. I get along with highly gifted people, because I can relate to them, but I also know that I can't make them feel understood, like they make me feel. I know, I'm not good enough for them and I also know, that I am not better than anybody but it's also hard to feel like an alien between average iq people. Like yes, I've been able to speak lvl 9 English in school, when we just started having English classes, although none of my parents speak or spoke English. But at the other side there was French class, where I was so bad because of my ADHD and I was uninterested. On top of it are there the social problems. Many people who are highly gifted, have social problems such as I do. But I still feel, like I cant be a match to somebody whos highly gifted because I am not good enough for them.
