Gifted kid mindset? Is compulsive benefit of the doubt something all the other failed gifted kids do too?

Autistic hyper-empathy. You project your way of relating to reality because you don’t realize others do it in fundamentally different ways.

I'm ashamed to say it, but in my experience that has been correct. I've been working hard to train myself to stop assuming that everyone operates from some point of good faith and understanding of the situation in question.