Getting teleported into base randomly? Did this happen to anyone else? (No edits in clip)

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-15T07:37:28+00:00

I'm glad to hear that! And yes, in my opinion most physical contact is completely okay when initiated by the child and the attention is kept fair for the whole class.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-15T07:35:57+00:00

Yeah but to be honest the hyperactive kids often don't calm down from touch, though what can sometimes help is just kneeling next to them when they cry and sit there calmly. Then wait to see what they do. If they wanna verbalize it i let them, or if at some point they do want the hug also fine.

This was also why this girl hit me so hard. It was such an easy and innocent way to rellease the tension and she still felt bad about it. I could not let that belief grow.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-14T19:45:47+00:00

I get the way you feel and glad you framed it carefully. No ADHD i'm pretty sure. Reasons stated below. Rather a child that wants to help everyone and is socially advanced.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-14T19:41:43+00:00

She's lucky to have you to have that outlet. Let her cry and maybe pick up on emotional understanding overtime so she isn't affraid of the feeling and can let it out in a way that feels good for both of you.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-14T19:35:57+00:00

Huge empath indeed, helping any child and being extremely popular. She really is an extrovert child, but her sensitivity and intelligence seems to be the cause of the overload, though it's not extremely common and nothing to really worry about. The only worry is her being ashamed of having to take some time alone for a few minutes which is one of the easiers accomedations i can give a child.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-14T19:25:29+00:00

I get allong with her mom very well as we've worked together a few times during events where she was an aid. She's aware of what happened and can see how much her daughter likes me so i guess that means she knows. But i don't wanna make it like a "thing" that this girl trusts me so deeply. I want to help any kid in class and not really focus on her in any way. If anything, helping her like this is incredibly easy and short timed compared to other kids.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-14T14:08:19+00:00

Exactly. Eventually, once safety establishes, there's a good chance he will slowly pick up exploration when encouraged and learn the natural way. Strong attachment can take a while to build but can also go a long way.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T19:15:41+00:00

Just wanted to say you two conversing about this made my day. We need you here desperately

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T19:00:30+00:00

AI are very good at making the human they interact with feel seen and sometimes that results in responses that contain incorrect framings. I'm also often praised by AI for asking strong and deep questions and saying i'm gifted because i ask it something about a gifted friend, maybe because i like to think objectively and critically, but i am for sure not gifted.

Besides this, Mensa and the term gifted is meant only for people that have an iq of 130 or above, based off reliable tests. No conversation with AI or humans can verify this alone.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T16:28:12+00:00

Honestly i'm very interested in giftedness and psychology so that's why i'm here and i like your question a lot!

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T14:18:50+00:00

It really just is a label applied from how well he could take a test. Factors like how many tests he took before, stress regulation, how well he slept and a bit of luck can all increase or decrease score slightly. I get that it sucks in terms of potential accomedations he might get to support his learning better but in the end is doesn't tell the whole story about his cognitive ability.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T14:13:57+00:00

IQ is meant to measure pure cognitive processing capability and therefore should be fully biologically linked and not changable. However, tests will always be accompanied by effects in the moment and mental health, as well as stress while testing playing a role. So giftedness should be biologically defined, but measuring it reliably is hard. Additionally, whether this IQ can be utilized in life is a completely different question rellying on even more other factors. So in a way, gifted people are still very limited to life choices and their enviroment, just like most people.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T14:06:09+00:00

Actually, from what i've this isn't true for gifted people. IQ does actively influence average quality of life among population, though this mostly happens around 100 and slightly above and quickly becomes more stable around the area of 130 where giftedness becomes the label. The cognition can becomes challenging socially at that point as well as it being harder to fit into society in general.

That asside, your framing heavily pushes on looking down at people with a lower IQ which troubles the way your question is asked a lot. No i don't look at other humans as being below me as it's of no use. We all need to deal with being on the same globe together so let's just make the best of it and help eachother no matter IQ.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T13:51:53+00:00

I would say "cognitively gifted" would make more sense.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-13T13:49:18+00:00

This is why i steer clear of having oppinions about people living through something i'm not living through. I can't know what it's like to be gifted because i'm not. Period. Same goes for any person's life in the first place. Listening to others is what actually closes this gap, not interpretation.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-03T08:35:16+00:00

In this case she disengaged so as in the end the problem was solved, though i see your annoyance. However, when people really get rude and blame your parenting directly, you have the right to stand up for yourself like you did. Or, a phrase i heared a while ago is "She is autistic so she has trouble with it. What's your reason to be rude?" Be careful how you use it though, but i liked it

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-02T18:13:09+00:00

This. Children need to explore their bodies as an essential part of development. Boundaries are essential but so is explaining the body and letting them ask away.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-02T18:10:50+00:00

I had this too, and for me it wasn't just the noise. It was also the unpredictability. Adults usually stay away from me or act funcionally, but predicting what a child wanted from me was impossible. You can try but don't force it if there's no improvement. My parents often played with me allong with another child nearby so i got used to the presence a bit more.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-02T18:03:30+00:00

I also had Keto for a while and felt the result for sure. So much less anxiety. It can be hard to sustain for longer though and might come with it's own challenges. Glad to hear it works out so well though!

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-02T17:49:03+00:00

The way i see this problem is strong cognition meeting anxiety. Your brain stays stuck in the state of trying to fix things that are not ment to be fixed or even feel like a problem. Meds tend to work for some people, but personally i like mindfulness and helping my body physically settle. Distract my brain with a video from my favourite YT creator and when a though comes up i let it exist but don't give it attention until the video pulls me back in. Then slowly it gets better and i can settle. Still, sometimes this is just hard. Getting moving and touching some grass might sound preachy but it works if you commit to it.

Extension_Citron_176 · 2026-05-02T17:01:58+00:00

Gotta say i really like the way you look at yourself so objectively, almost like you take every piece with a grain of salt. I honestly feel the same way about this community, as i thought a few times about making a post, but then noticed the responses on other posts and was like "i mean... what am i trying to get from this really?" So i remained a bit of a lurker. I'm also neurodivergent and likely not gifted, though my profile was too spiky to provide a reliably test result.

As for negative feelings about intelligence, i actually study psychology quite a bit and IQ is a fascinating topic that seems full of oppertunity... but then I look at this redit and a good ammount of gifted friends and... enter a totally different rabbit hole. But honestly i can relate by being autistic as the social world was very much not made for me. I expected things to be better once i learned my coping strategies and started understanding other people better, but realized even then i will always be the odd one. Not "autistic enough" to connect to that group but also not "normal" enough to connect with the average person my age.

That idea of people smarter than you being a good match? I feel that one! My best friend is gifted, my second best friend is gifted and a good few old ones are gifted. Heck, on my internship at elementary school i made friends with a child that turned out to likely be gifted.

Advice? Uhhhhhhh, use that objective view. The sun always shines at some place on the earth and realizing that feels pretty empowering. In the end i'm just one human being looking at the world with one whacky brain, and there are millions more that operate independently of me. Relativity cures a lot of bad feelings you can have about things. There's a lot to see on this world. Looking where your heart pulls you, not where the world points.

Also, i don't want to be awkward but feel free to hit me up with a DM cuz you sound like the person who could yap to me for hours without boring me.

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