Grandiosity - PAI Results

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Hello,

Subject speaks for itself. I was diagnosed with AS last year. I have wanted to go back and ask about these things but have not had time. Anyway, sometimes I occasionally look at the report my Psychologist typed up, there are a few things that trouble me.
He stated that my elevation on the mania scale MAN 85T was due to markedly high elevations across Grandiosity. It states high MAN G scores indicate the individual holds the belief that he has exceptionally high levels of common skills and special/unique talents and unable to relate adequately to others. I wanted to know more about definition and meaning of Grandiosity and this is what it states. Grandiosity refers to an unrealistic sense of superiority........This is however true, and I do not disagree with his diagnosis. This is indeed my personality, but I DO NOT display or show to anyone that I feel superior in anyway, I will often wonder why people do what they do but I would never say anything to that person or try to impose that I have a higher intelligience than them, because I really don't know, I just know how I feel about my own skills. According to the definition, people who have High Scores of Grandiosity are pretty much delusional to let them tell it, but I feel very confident that I know what I know. My question is, is there anyone else that has seen the same thing on their PAI results or there report from their doctors, I guess I am doubting myself a little, and eventually I will have to prove to myself that I do have exceptionally high levels of common skills. So am I looking to much into this, or can anyone provide a little insight, I guess reading his report he made it seem as if I am not really as intelligient as I think.............

Someone who has an unusually positive view of their own abilities would probably get a false-positive on that test, yeah.

Someone who had a narcissistic personality would score high without ever needing to have any sort of mania.

Narcissism wouldn't be actually necessary, though; if a person had high ability and were prone to simply being honest about it, instead of modestly hiding it, you might score high.

Example:
Manic/Hypomanic person: "I'm the smartest person in the world!"
Narccissist: "I'm smarter than all these idiots I have to deal with, and they'd better give me my due respect."
Gifted, bluntly honest Aspie: "I'm better at academics than most people I know. I hope I can do something useful with my talent."

Thanks Callista for breaking things down for me. I guess I just needed to make sure I was not full of myself in my own head. I would never say to anyone that I am better or smarter. I guess things start making sense when you start to realize in life that your judgements and actions are very different from that of a traditional and normal person.

Again, Thanks Callista.