since i don't have a blob of my own, and pen to papyrus enjoys no audience,
"When I was a kid, many people supported my ability to achieve the
described [transcendent?] mental states, seeing them as the manifestations of a
creative and original mind. They suggested my retarded socialization
was simply a byproduct of, and a fair trade for, my creative and
original mind. Any way one slices it, one must take the good with the
bad."

...note, poetical line breaks courtesy of incidentaltocutandpaste.