Other children do not share their interests, their vocabulary, or their desire to organize activities
My knee-jerk reaction to this was, “Yes, nobody understands me!” But on deeper reflection, that’s not fair at all. I had many opportunities for mingling with people with the same interests as I did but I did not take many of those opportunities because my status-seeking brain was not satisfied with that. Also, I had many opportunities for mingling with people with far greater intellectual ability than myself, but was intimidated by the task.
My knee-jerk reaction to this was, “Yes, nobody understands me!” But on deeper reflection, that’s not fair at all. I had many opportunities for mingling with people with the same interests as I did but I did not take many of those opportunities because my status-seeking brain was not satisfied with that. Also, I had many opportunities for mingling with people with far greater intellectual ability than myself, but was intimidated by the task.