Aspie and not gifted

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I just never have anything to argue with you about, or add

then we two might be similar sorts. let's be friends

There are some people around here I'd just love to sit around a fire with, on a nice summer night by a river somewhere, and have a drink, share war stories from our time down in the trenches ... you're most definately on that list, AB

I think autistics are gifted, just not always successful because they are misunderstood.

The original poster made a very good observation. An autistic learns only by a conscious thought process rather than a mindless automatic process. This is of course a slower way to learn but a conscious learning process is a much higher way to learn and opens the door to discovering ones true genius.

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IQ definitely goes towards being able to learn a talent or skill......you cannot ignore that . The only thing that is never learned is common sense. Either you have it or you don't .
I have worked both with and for some very bright people. One gentleman had an IQ of 142. He wanted to get into MENSA badly, so he re-took the test as often as allowed until he made it in. He was quite content with that. Point being, he was happy accomplishing this, as he felt vindicated in saying he was smarter than so many people. That's good and there is absolutely is nothing wrong with that.

I know that would be impossible for me, I am terrible at taking tests, I just freeze up.
I have no idea what my IQ is and it wouldn't help to know it, considering the work I do.

No one fails who tries......... Or better said this way:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt - April 23, 1910

Suspie, You have a gift,skill or talent in something.....You just have not discovered it yet!

there has to be a way to get us far-flung aspies closer together, somehow.

thank you for saying that, I wonder what it could be...
Actually, local people here think that I am a computer genius, but that's coz they are totally useless. So, I right click on something and I copy-paste it and they are in awe. hahahaha They are like "wow!! how did you do that???".

nobody is totally useless, even the most clueless all have heretofore undiscovered talents, only lacking a compatico pal to bring it out of 'em. what little i know i get great enjoyment in teaching to others who are receptive.

yeah, I used the word "useless" as in the brit meaning, ie equivalent to american "clueless". I didn't mean that they are useless as human beings, I meant "when ti comes to operating a computer they are useless".

Well I don't really know what my IQ is......but from what I gather I am quite intelligent. I have to say though it does not seem to do me much good over-all. I couldn't think my way out of the ptsd, depression or anxiety and those things interfere a lot with my functioning......In fact part of the issue is my brain is always going I always think about things and analyze things and then get even more frustrated and anxious about them.

So yeah I don't really see myself as 'gifted'.

Aw ... wait a minute, I thought I was the savant of failure. But seriously everyone fails at something - otherwise they're not even trying and will never get anywhere.

I once read this put in a way that has really stuck with me. Look at a baby learning to walk. They're constantly falling down. What if they were so afraid of falling that they never tried? Everyone who learns to walk - or do anything else most of us learn as infants - has failed and ignored those failures and gone on to succeed.

I think everyone is talented at something. It might be difficult to figure out - after all, who has tried everything? Or it might be something others don't recognize easily as an accomplishment. Jim Carrey makes his living making funny faces, for heavens sake! And I've found that sometimes you have to put up with a boring job because your talent, while rewarding, doesn't reward in a good living. I've had friends who were dog or cat breeders, and if you love animals that doesn't pay so well. There are a lot of expenses, going to shows and such. Only the puppy and kitten mills make great money - and that's because they're neglectful and abusive in their shortcuts. Who wants to be them?

Do it for money, do it for love, there's something you love and are good at. Maybe not THE BEST IN THE WORLD. But how many people are? That describes a handful out of 7 billion! Good grief, none of us is that delusional that we think we have to be THE BEST, are we?

It's nice to get recognition, I know, but sometimes self-recognition is the most important thing. It's the least likely to make you feel like a fraud.

Wish I could have 145 IQ.
You may be without talent, like me, but a least you're intellectually gifted. Wish I could say that much...

i can't help but feel that if i had an IQ like that, i'd be rich and successful, as well as happier.

Thanks.
It is still very frustrating to watch other people do things so easily.

tell me about it. but i've since learned how to do small things that exceed the performance of many other people, NT or aspie or whatever. these small "victories" give me a reason to stick around.

Sweetleaf, the bold section describes me to a 'T' . I actually started a thread about it over in the Work section because it's affected me to that point.
I have only been on here six months or so and your posts have shown you are quite insightful .
I am certain you are intelligent/gifted or have an untapped talent.
Perhaps, like myself, you have not found your "niche" in life. Maybe we should create one .

*Spoken with a Yoda voice* A tough thing, this mortal coil is, mmm?...........
Sorry, I couldn't help myself .