Any other twice-exceptional people here?

DrewDoug said:

I feel like a soul out of time. I feel like I belong in a future society where all the idiots have killed themselves off and it's just us ND lot living in paradise.

I sort of feel that way but recently I feel more like a single person species. 

Austistic with some PTSD here. It's a fun combination.

ASD, ADHD, OCD, Tourette's, extra large boxers and an IQ of 156 at last check.

Still can't get the chicks. Probably because I don't want to if the truth be told.

I feel like a soul out of time. I feel like I belong in a future society where all the idiots have killed themselves off and it's just us ND lot living in paradise.

c’est la vie.

AUADHD here. Just saw your post. People (family) refuse to believe my late diagnosis. Frustrating to hear people say,

"You don't look autistic." Seriously?!!! My doctor even said that. I wanted to ask WHERE she got her medical license!

I am... (here goes)... time blind, FACEblind, aphantasia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, ETC. I have always hid my "quirks" until COVID 19... and now these quirks are HARDER to hide. I went for ADHD testing for meds - and got autism also - (Asperger's - not used anymore - I know).

I have worked all my life, raised a child with Asperger's diagnosed and a child on the fringes of the spectrum. After COVID (delta) fever over 101.8 for 10 days (2021) | knew things were more pronounced - and I hit a WALL. So tired, could not function - healing from surgery took 8 months off work and sleeping

Yes, being able to function, work and socialize (for several hours - then SLEEP to reset) does have the downside of not "looking autistic." I no longer care what family say or how anyone feels about autism. I am ME - and I happen to also have autism.

I agree, NT's are so different. Even autistic people who are different from me can be a challenge. One child and I relate easily. I struggle with my other child - always have.

I also struggle with daily tasks. SCHEDULE and APPOINTMENTS are the biggest challenges for me!

I am simply thankful to finally know WHAT makes me so different from everyone else. 

Honestly, I like how I am. I am very conceptual (yes, odd for autism) and have many "giftings" that make my life fun (entertaining maybe?)!

IF you begin to struggle more than usual - I highly recommend finding a therapist for Neuro-Divergent people. I typed that in Google and found a fabulous therapist who has done a marvelous job helping me find easier ways to cope with family denial of my autism. (OUR family doesn't have autism... you are probably just looking for an excuse for your struggles.). Who actually WANTS AUTISM? Laughing!!!

Anyway, hope you are doing okay! I was surprised to see timeblind in your list!!! Not many know about what that is like - a real riot every time I miss appointments.... Glad you posted|

There was no such thing when I  was in school. I've had people call me a 'genius', but also people tell me that my 'low IQ' doesn't make me a bad person. I've been involved with the Facebook high IQ community since March 2020.   I first saw a pdoc in late 1973, and was first hospitalised in May 1975.  Most of my psych dxes have been within a 'psychosis spectrum' . Mainly schizoaffective or schizophrenia. I wasn't diagnosed with ASD(Asperger's) till May 2019. I never had a paid job, and am now a pensioner. I fell between two stools job potential wise. More brain than brawn , but not up to a high pressure, high stress,office job. Manual/practical skills nowhere near good enough for employment in a factory etc.

Several attempts have been made to get me to pursue further education, but I've refrained from doing so. That's been because of 'bullying related trauma'. Hence I just have 6 O levels. I now have several physical health issues on top of the severe mental illness and autism.

Based on some research today, I think this might be me, and it could explain a lot

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By being you prove 

Kitty said:

impossible

to be correct, despite initial contradictory nature

I've been told I'm exceptional and impossible. . . I take this as a compliment.

I'm exactly the same way. I can do household stuff and grocery shopping but prefer to be on my tod rather than socialise with other people. I find it hard to hold a conversation. I do not work as I keep getting overloaded by managers.

I do struggle with overload, burnouts and visual stress, and although I like to go out and be social for a few hours a month that is all I can cope with and I need to have lots of quiet time. 90 percent away from the world, 10 percent in a controlled social place, meaning that I can have an escape plan so that I do not expose my autism. 

Me, I went for tests and was told I was way above average. 

However I struggled with spelling and still do, but I have came up with ways to help with that. 

The one thing that irritates  me is that my vocabulary should be way more broader, complex and sophisticated than it is. I can communicate well, and get my points across but I lack putting in big words to essays unless I look up a simpler word's thesaurus. I think that if I had not worked a lot up into my adult hood and even now after my postgraduate that I would have had a very simple vocab about a 13 year old. I have worked very hard at it. 

I am planning to watch more Neil Oliver on CBN as he has a colourful array of wonderful words at his fingertips (that is just a metaphor guys : I am imagining some that will take that literally imagine if he did have that on his actual fingertips lol). 

And I intend to read more books but read then with my eyes but have them also playing as a talking book on audible so that I can learn to pronounce the words better, practice and keep a word notebook with all the words I want to put into my own vocab along wiht a note of their meaning and how they are used. I just want to have the ability to talk with more nuanced and better words.

Neil used the word Pollymath today, I looked that up as I did not know what it is, it was great to learn that, it saves from writing a big huge sentence one can just use the word Pollymath. 

Hey, 
I'm atistic and blind, and also very academic and arty. I know it can be painfully isolating - really difficult to find spaces of connection and belonging. There are some amazing people in the neurodiverse community though, and I really hope we can all continue to find each other :)

Yes please

I have various bits of paper that say I'm clever, but I also struggle with some day-to-day stuff. I'm OK with household chores and basic living, but anything involving people is hard and I feel like a failure in the workplace (I do work, but only two days a week, in a job I'm over-qualified for, and which I nevertheless struggle with and regularly mess up). I don't feel like I belong either.

More like when I need people to fork off and leave me alone haha.

ASC, GAD, and 'social phobia', I worked for 34 years in scientific research, have a PhD in molecular biology, and have no idea what my IQ is. I cannot add up or subtract in my head - need paper and pencil, though I did have two related mathematical formulae published. The scientific publications I am an author on have over 1,200 citations. Does that make me 'twice exceptional'? I know that without my problems I would have been more conventionally successful. However, my problems are a part of me and I would not change myself, but being less anxious would be useful.

To use on anyone who told you to fork off?

I had quite a few knives with me that day too for when the spoons ran out!

Well, we all run out of spoons from time to time, probably a good idea!