During my pre-teen years, my father, a psychiatrist, diagnosed me with Low Latent Inhibition (LLI).

In simple terms, people with LLI struggle to filter out environmental stimuli, making us easily distracted because our minds constantly absorb everything. My father noticed that my brain was perpetually hyperactive, tracking minute, seemingly irrelevant details that most people automatically ignore or forget.

The combination of LLI and IQ yields fascinating results: when paired with a lower IQ, it can manifest as mental illness because the brain becomes overwhelmed by the sensory overload. However, when paired with a high IQ, LLI becomes a catalyst for genius, allowing the mind to synthesize an incredible amount of information into creative breakthroughs.