What does it mean when youre a savant?

Answer 1

I will answer this question in my savant mode so you can see how difficult it is: I became a savant because I was hurt so deeply (emotionally) that I was unable to sleep. I then began to overthink every little thing, to decipher it, figure it out and see if it would hurt me or if I could use it. I was keeping watch to ensure that I would be safe. I was also doing this to distract myself.

I often entertain myself by thinking of certain words and rearranging them, making puzzles up, or playing with words as a child plays with toys.

It is very hard to be a savant. I don't want anyone to know what I do or how I do it. I have to think of how to deconstruct my thoughts and translate them to verbiage others can understand. I don't want to be perceived as different or looked at as though I am a freak in a side show. On the rare occasions that I have to prove myself when I try to describe my thought processes, others do not believe me and find me odd or perhaps fascinating. I am quite different and also lonely in my savant self. People don't believe I can do what I do and when I show them, they are amazed. It is weird to be the center of attention.

I also am prescient, which is thought of as "ESP" but I have debunked it through self-study and found that my having "foresight" is merely the ability to mathematically deconstruct the problem of what will happen by studying human behavior and deciphering what will normally happen in any given circumstance, then using that knowledge to predict a future event. It is kind of easy but tiresome, and this is not a foreign sounding sentence to me.

I am not often well rested, but when I am, I can recall everything I have ever noticed or said or seen that struck a cord within me. It is hard to focus on anything and hard to add to my memory banks. It is extremely hard to delete anything I have memorized. It can be done, but it is very wearing and also very isolating.

I could teach someone how to be a savant, but I would never do it, because it is a rather hard life. I may have one or possibly two other savants that I can communicate with, but I am not positive as I do not want to interfere in their lives and poke around in their brains. That is because I know how painful it is to be so different.