How can he be threatened by me? I have read about that before on pages about gifted kids and how people around them, adults specially, may resent them. I am also like you, I am introverted and I prefer to be at home. I have a small group of friends, like 6 people, and they are more or less like me, but more so two of them, whith whom I share all my secrets (my fetish for stuffed animals for example, oops, not a secret anymore! ). Those two also have dads who dont understand them and are a distant emotionally. Out moms are more in-touch with us. I am not sexist, I dont believe women are always like that, (hey, thanks to that, we are more emotional even though we are guys). Yes, my dad tries to mold things for his commodity often, and my mom has described him to me as a "comodino" (spanish word for someone like my dad).
You arent rambling, and you know, its good if you do. People need to speak about their feelings, and dont supress their emotions. Macho-thinking is backwards, and in fact, saying how you feel commuciates emotions to people, and people will go to listen and offer help, enhancing your chances of survival. Tears also express a need for help, and it is necessary to show them to attract social support. They also release stress hormones. Of course this a simplistic way of seeing things, and I am sure there are mor variables there.
Sometimes, when I am alone at my car or with the other two friends who are like me a lot, I yell, or repeat phrases a lot. One of them does it too, and he has his own version of yelling, which is laughing like a villain. He told me it all serves to vent out emotions, which makes sense. I think it is similar to tourette's syndrome, but I am not sure if we have it or not. I also have mild dyslexia, and so does he. he has the same interests as me, with just one or two things not in common (he likes zombies a lot, I am not that fascinated but I like them still. I like hello kitty, but he is indifferent towards it). I find it fascinating that the three of us are studying psychology related subjects. With me is Clinical Psychology, the other one that also yells is studying communication disorders, and the last one is studying forensic psychology.
Sorry for rambling myself... tee hee.
I have another question, is it possible to have many disorders at the same time and still function intellectually/academically? because apparantly I can.