Posted by katia on April 12, 2004, at 5:41:31
In reply to Re: OCD or BP?, posted by Minnie-Haha on April 11, 2004, at 17:25:50
Hi Minnie,
When you asked "are you gifted?" What do you mean by that??
Thanks for so much input. must go nightey nightey now.
Katia
> Here's something to throw in the mix. Have you considered that you might be simply hyper-sensitive to some forms of sensory input? This heightened state of awareness is called being "hypervigilant" and it is related to Sensory Integration Disorder (or DSI). Are you gifted? There is also a lot of what is called "overexcitabilty" in the gifted. Finally, do yo have an attention disorder? That is, are you easily distracted by things that others can tune out?
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> These are all similar and perhaps inter-related and maybe easy to mistake one for the other or have more than one. I have been learning about them over the past year or two because my son has some developmental problems -- and he's gifted -- and it's really made me stop and look at what I THOUGHT was "wrong" with me. I've changed my attitude about what is normal and abnormal and about (the subjectivity of) DXs!
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