I figured I was shy and smart. This actually explained, in some ways, the interests, different thinking strategy, strengths, weaknesses, lack of friends/social skills, mental development, etc.... Lack of change was just due to my
Of course, it didn't explain WHY I was as I was, or the sensory problems I often never thought of, etc...
BTW I even thought that I was an alien of some sort. I imagined how my development compared against others, and it was STRIKING! Of course, have way through school, I started to taper off, and others went up, but the average person was lucky to learn what was presented in class, and I learned much of that, interests, etc... Today, my deficiencies aren't apparent, but my strengths certainly are.
Still, I am enough like my father that I guess I am human. 8-(
Steve