I agree with the basic premise. I don't necessarily consider myself gifted but 3/4 of that pretty much sums up my life. To me it wasn't a matter of being "gifted" (no, I don't like that term) so much as seeming to see human behavior and human interaction with more clarity than those around me. There is no metric at that age so it's very confusing and disconcerting. I became aware of depression around the age of four. My life since has been an alternating series of wondering "is it me or is it them"