We are exceptionally sensitive to the pain of others. We perceive what is going on deep down in others instantly. Our filters don't work. We go immediately and directly to the "heart" of the matter in others. One of our gifts is to be concerned with the pain others experience. Deep down, we care very much for people who are in pain. We know what that is like. Our own deep and profound ache over disappointment in ourselves and the hurt we suffer for being rejected, leaves us able to pick up on and empathize with those in pain. It is uncanny. While we are intrinsically weak in certain areas, we are at the same time endowed with specific gifts. For example, often, we are the life of the party, abounding in energy, leading the way in being fun loving and daft. We don't have time to get absorbed in trivia. We seek meaning, the bottom line and we can overfocus on games and t.v. when the content stimulates us. We thrive on and pursue stimulation constantly, getting easily bored and miserable when nothing grabs our attention. That is one reason ADHD is damnable. Our ability to concentrate fluctuates wildly. We are unable to direct our attention to many things, and simultaneously hyperfocus on other things. People naturally conclude it is deliberate on our part, when in reality we have no control over it.