Anyone else depressingly ordinary?

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I don't have any special talents whatsoever. My functional IQ is only 101. People tell me I'm "very creative", but I don't really know how that makes me special. I guess people call other people creative when they want to be nice to someone who doesn't have any real talent.

Exceedingly few people are creative; the vast majority simply consume. If people say that you are creative then you may well be rare and special indeed. Many such people don't notice it in themselves simply because they see things the way they should be, or could be, and don't realize not everyone does so. Most people just see the world as it is presented to them.

People don't normally call somebody "creative" to be nice; they usually mean it.

IQ scores are sometimes quite meaningless. You might be intelligent in things that the IQ tests don't measure.

Do you have a sharp difference between "verbal" and "performance?"

There are some really creative people who have a low verbal and a high performance score--and vice versa. Frequently, this leads to a "normal" IQ score.

In a million other threads you gripe about how folks are convinced that you're autistic. And now you're depressed that you're too normal.

Sounds like contradictory worries to me. Like you're depressed that your too fat, and that you're too thin, at the same time.

Either make up your mind which thing to worry about, or...maybe...just stop worrying at all.

Why are you stalking me?

Dont be ridiculous.

I am obviously not "stalking" you.

You were reminding me of myself at an earlier stage when I worried about contradictory things like not fitting in, and about not standing out at the same time. So I was really poking fun at myself (or my younger self), and at young folks in general and the universal stuff we all go through.

But yes...Didnt really think my post out -just dashed it off. So ...yeah I can see how it could sound insulting. Sorry to offend.

I apologize again. And Ill give you some space.

Not knowing anything about the stalking, it is a valid question. I say so because I have the same difficulties. I want to just disappear into the crowd, but still want the recognition for the work I have managed to accomplish.

It is just something I struggle with to this day. It's so bad with me that I can't even put on art shows when invited to do so. I want recognition for my work. But, I also don't want the attention.

But, I think Edenthiel's answer is spot on. I have a bit of a mind crush with Edenthiel because of the answers given. It's been helpful to me personally and as I lurk in threads I always admire the answers.

I wish I had that clarity of communications.

I feel very ordinary, aside from the odd stares these days.
I'm glad because I've wanted that most of my life.