I was just reading an article on challenges faced by twice-exceptional children, that is, children who are intellectually gifted yet have special needs. The article holds a lot of significance to the issues I faced in school – and those I’m facing now that I’m out of school and trying to plan for the next [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Thoughts on High School and College after Reading an Article on Twice-Exceptional Children
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Blindness, College / University, Giftedness on May 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Visit with Family and Thoughts on Possible College Majors
Posted in College / University, Personal on May 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Went to my parents and sister yesterday. It went so-so, but what didn’t go well, was my fault. My father couldn’t keep from asking me about studying, and, because I haven’t yet been able to locate interesting community college courses, I decided to tell them about my efforts at learning about college studies for when [...]
Phone Call with Mum Again about Sigrid’s Birthday
Posted in Personal on May 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Am I still in a difficult situation with my parents? I still sometimes feel I am and find it hard to react normally to my parents. Mum called again today, asking me if I was coming to them this weekend. I will go to my parents on Sunday to celebrate my sister’s birthday. Mum asked [...]
Thoughts about My Current Situation and How to Make Sure I Keep Progressing
Posted in College / University, Personal, Training Home on May 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been reading the progress report on 2005 and the introduction to one of my journals – pretty similar content. It got me thinking about the current situation and how, mostly, I did return to square one emotionally. The reasons for not going to Nijmegen now – damn it that Apeldoorn doesn’t have a higher [...]
Thoughts after a Phone Call with My Mother
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Personal on May 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
My mother called me yesterday asking if I’d bought a certain gift for my sister, who had her birthday yesterday but is in Rome so that we’re going to celebrate it next week. She also asked me how I was doing, and I noticed that I was still finding it hard to respond normally – [...]
Emotional and Behavioural Issues and aConflict with My Parents
Posted in Behavioral Difficulties, Family, Personal on May 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past three weeks, a lot has happened that has much significance to both my emotional difficulties and my behaviour issues, and their interconnectedness. I don’t feel I can describe everything in detail, but I do have to get my journal back on track in order to even keep it going.
The first thing that [...]
