> In recent years, the gifted community talks a lot about "social and emotional needs of the gifted."

Thanks, it's good to know. Better communication mediums have certainly helped us find each other.

Pre-Internet was terribly terribly lonely for me. But it's getting better. I've found little help in groups or associations (MENSA, Triple 9, etc.), preferring to find individuals one at a time.

Places like HN aren't a bad place to find other "outcasts".