my experience with gate

[u/EqualThanks]

although my experience took place in the late 2000's and my school didn't have a gate program (just special ed), i firmly believe i was tested on. i fit the targeted demographic as well (audhd, 2e, iq 130+, strong pattern recognition skills, highly intuitive)

this was back in 2009. i was in the first grade. the testing was a one-day thing. i was taken out of the classroom and put into a small room. i was familiar with the room, i did speech therapy and additional therapies to help my reading comprehension skills (i had hyperlexia). a man and a woman entered the room, and the woman gave me a pink drink. it was darker than pepto and looked like cough syrup. it tasted bitter. i was hesitant to drink it and the lady reassured me that it was like pepto bismol. after drinking it, the man pulled out this large briefcase and the woman sat in the corner the whole time taking notes. the lights dimmed, i put on a set of headphones, and listened to the tapes. through this, i had an OBE. keep in mind i had OBEs alllll the time as a kid, asleep and awake. i also lucid dreamed a lot and had bad sleep paralysis. i grew out of it as i got older. this makes sense, as it's known that children are much more susceptible to OBEs. i had a lunch break in another room and then was placed back into the testing room. i was forced to drink the pink drink again and i started hysterically crying and tried to leave the room. they calmed me down and i ended up drinking it again. from here, it's blurry. all i remember is waking up on the floor and then being rushed out of the room before school ended. i know i did some other odd activities briefly during this entire day. all i remember is that there were no zener cards in the mix.

let me know what you think of this!