This is common knowledge in the gifted community and has been for decades. I mean, the study sounds pretty flawed, like a conclusion looking for verification, b

This is common knowledge in the gifted community and has been for decades. I mean, the study sounds pretty flawed, like a conclusion looking for verification, but there have long been support groups for the gifted population and their parents, in part because gifted people tend to be special snowflakes. I absolutely hate the common explanations for this phenomenon. The "over-excitabilities" mentioned in the article is a common explanation that has been around a really long time and Hoagies Gifted Page has long been pretty bad about "poor mouthing" giftedness. A lot of what is there (or was the last time I looked) talks about how utterly miserable it is to be so smart and how much it harms you socially and emotionally. Yes, there are social problems that tend to go along with giftedness. And, yes, ADHD, OCD et al are so common at high IQs that some people refer to them as "co-morbidities" for lack of a better term. (I am also aghast at the article lumping ADHD and ASD in with "mental illness." Ugh.) But, I have my own thoughts on some of what is really going on. I don't really agree with most of the standard explanations and opinions about this phenomenon. From what I gather, it is pretty well documented as a trend. But, some comments here on HN are making me feel better about never bothering to join Mensa. A cousin of mine was in it and suggested I join for scholarship money to help me return to college. I never got around to applying.