I should be off the computer but I have to respond to this as it's what I've been grappling with myself. My vc is 131, pc 103, wm 130 and PS 103 but my pc subtests are all over the map, along with some additional tests I took.
As you know, you're verbal score is really high and the discrepancies are big. This is consistent with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities if you have the problems associated with them. I do. Do you? It's also consisted with giftedness so only you know if you also have NLD characteristics enough to be a problem. These range from not being able to pick up nonverbal clues easily, including socially, to doing things slowly, to having bad body coordination. Google NLD or NVLD. I was on an NLD forum once and we were puzzling over why the discrepancy by itself indicates LD's if the lower scores are in the normal range.
Some thoughts:
Last week I was talking to my therapist about this and we figured out that I wasn't doing the performance subtests like most people do. I was using my verbal reasoning to do nonverbal tests. This, and the fact that for me a quiet, structured environment is my optimum, skewed the results to an unknown extent.
Related, with that large of a discrepancy the lower scores may not be as available to you so they function like LD's. My t explained it this way: my verbal understanding operates so much faster than my nonverbal understanding that my mind has trouble integrating it.
If you took any tests for executive functioning (trail-making is one) look at those, too. That shows how well you put the various aspects together.
You have gifts but if you are experiencing the problems that can come with that kind of discrepancy it's really good you're finding out now so you not only can learn how to maximize your effectiveness at life but more importantly so you don't blame yourself for your struggles like so many of us in my generation did (and, unfortunately in many cases still do).
People have gotten accomodations at the university level for this such as note-takers and longer times to take tests, if that's what you need. There will also be many people, including people who should know better, who will see your verbal skills and won't believe that you have other problems (if you do). Hard. Hopefully people who are tested early like you and are more aware earlier will have an easier road.
I hope this helps. If I can help more ask me questions and I'll do my best to tell you what I know.
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