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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I am curious to know if there are any patterns with temperament, sleep, and how parents balanced this constant need for stimulation.[/quote]

My very high IQ child never needed outside stimulation.  He will find something interesting or to explore anywhere.  He’s never been bored.  He has a very loving temperament but has never needed a lot of sleep.  [/quote]

+1. Very gifted people are never bored.  My genius friend said she doesn’t even understand what “feeling bored” means because, as she says, she can always think. [/quote]

I tested as gifted as a kid and I agree with this. From an early age I just went and entertained myself- i was reading my parents old college textbooks before I was old enough to start school and would get very "into" something elaborate and this continued as I got older. For example, in early elementary school I was fascinated by the stars so I would memorize constellations, spend lots of time with a telescope I begged for for christmas, then learned all the Greek mythology behind the constellations, then made up my own constellations and wrote new myths, then acted out the myths in a musical theater performance including original songs (i have perfect pitch and my memory works really well with music- i can remember most things if they are set to music)... then decided to research how the space shuttle worked, calculate how long it would get to different stars, pretend that I was on a solo mission to mars and make my packing list, imagined how life forms on each of Juptier's moons would look like based on the different gravity, athmosphere and temperature...

Honestly I didn't learn much in school until maybe 8th grade when I started taking Spanish. I would finish up whatever I had to do and would read, or draw mazes/create number puzzles, etc. No ADHD though- I have almost too much of an attention span and get lost in my head easily, and could be happy on my own for days. I learned how to be more social as I got older and have wonderful lifelong friendships. I went to a magnet science high school in NOVA (lol) and didn't prep for the test- was exposed to some kids who were probably more "genius" level there, and ran across a few "genius" colleagues later in medicine.

Things come relatively easily in that new concepts are easy for me but I still have to work hard for mastery. I was able to go from an IT career to being a medical subspecialist and have enjoyed the process. I like to research and keep taking classes and reading- basically I never feel "done" and love learning new things. [/quote]

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