I experienced this a lot, too. I don't know my IQ, and I'm not sure how above average I am, but I think that if my parents had been more like yours, I would have...well...been even smarter than I am. I was /so above average/ in grade school. Especially in Elementary and Middle School. But my mother was never there, and my father was (I guess) threatened by my intelligence, I can't even tell you how many times he told me I would never be smarter than him.
And it sucks, because I put just as much value on my brain as people who are super-geniuses, because even though I'm not (I don't think...) a super-genius, because of the circumstances of my childhood, I'm just as emotionally stunted and ~sensitive~ and damaged as one.
I don't even get the benefits of being a crazy genius, I'm just crazy and smarter than average. It doesn't do much for my self-esteem :(
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And it sucks, because I put just as much value on my brain as people who are super-geniuses, because even though I'm not (I don't think...) a super-genius, because of the circumstances of my childhood, I'm just as emotionally stunted and ~sensitive~ and damaged as one.
I don't even get the benefits of being a crazy genius, I'm just crazy and smarter than average. It doesn't do much for my self-esteem :(
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