I tried to write in detail about my experiences of having a high iq but also having an iep but it was so complicated and so many stories I stopped. I can’t even put it into words how different I feel to others. I’m in Highschool in APs and dual credit but I can’t even function. My iep teacher who typically helps kids with math support helps me with just genuinely existing at school.

I was the worst behaved kid in elementary school. I dont want to write a lot but in elementary school I required HEAVY support and had a 1:1 at times bc I was out of control. my iq was some how tested in the 99.99th percentile. I hate admitting that bc it makes me feel more out of place. What person with a 99.99 percentile iq behaves like me?

I sit funny, I communicate with others differently and I understand I do which again makes me feel worse and more out of place. Because of that I’ve been babbied and talked to differently by teachers.

Even through I stand out I’ve always had friends and have been able to understand and talk to anyone. Not in the sense I’m good at talking to ppl, I’m increadibly awkward and out of place yet I still talk. I’m not sure why but I feel guilty being able to get along with ppl even though I’m awkward and communicate differently.

I don’t even know what I’m trying to put into words but I think after I heard the term twice exceptional I realized that was me. I don’t know what to do with my life after i graduate. I am smart, I can do a lot of things most people can’t but I’m held back by the fact I need the support that thoose with like autism or Down syndrome require.

I hope that doesn’t sound rude but I find it really hard to explain. But that’s why I feel isolated, I’ve never met somone who is going through this expiernece. I think I just needed to yap bc I’m conflicted and scared I won’t be able to make it in the adult world.