While not all Indigo Children will manifest these characteristics, it is not uncommon for many Indigo Children to display several. While some Indigo Children may be a delight to behold and the life of the party, many others will be "difficult", moody, sullen, antisocial, hostile, aggressive and seemingly resentful of everything around them. Many Indigo Children will be labeled or "diagnosed" with Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, though medication will be of little to no value when given to an Indigo Child. While they are commonly mistaken for ADD or ADHD, what is actually going on is they are bored silly with their environment, not challenged academically, and able to multitask and work or focus on several things at the same time. (Indigo Children use holographic thought processes, as opposed to fragmentary thought processes). The educational system is an insult to most children, especially Indigo Children. They will also frequently refuse to do things in the manner of which they are asked, even when there is really no apparent reason why. An example of this may be refusing to show the work in math, insisting on doing it in their head and not putting the thought process down on paper, which is commonly requested by teachers. Many times when an Indigo 'gives in' and does what is asked of them, they will do it, but still insist on doing it 'their way'. I was actually given 50mg of Ritalin a day (when I was 10), and it served no benefit, and neither did any other medication that was ever tried. Oddly enough, when the teachers and other individuals were *told* I was on medication-even though I was not taking it!- they noticed "Significant Improvement". Another frequent misdiagnosis is that of Bipolar Disorder (or any of the 'Manic Depression' afflictions). While Indigo Children are frequently moody and very sensitive, what is often misperceived as "mood swings", is actually just the Indigo being distressed or troubled by things that the other individuals dont understand, and then frequently settling back down into their normal demeanor after the issue that was troubling them has been resolved or addressed, or for whatever reason is no longer a factor. Indigo Children frequently encounter depression and suicidal tendencies, especially Adult Indigo Children. Frequently, this may be a result of traumatic incidents in the Indigo Child's life and history, and antidepressants are (again) of little to no value, and may actually prove to be accelerating and make the Indigo Child feel worse. You can not medicate your life away, or the problems in it. While medications can be of tremendous value to certain individuals, the problems for Indigo Children are rarely related to chemical imbalances, therefor medication is seldom any benefit, other than to make the parents or caregivers feel better 'at least we're doing something'. What the Indigo Children need (and probably the parents, as well), is a support group, a support network, or people they can talk to who understand what the Indigo Child is going through, and that they are not alone. The biggest problem for Indigo Children, is constantly being told there is something "wrong" with them, when there is nothing "wrong" with them. Constantly being told this will only add to the resentment and separation the Indigo feels from you, and while they are probably aware on a conscious level that you are only trying to help and that you dont mean any harm, all the Indigo really knows and hears is that you dont understand anything about them, how they feel, what their life is like, and what they are going through. The more alone and misunderstood Indigo Children feel, the more miserable they will become. It is a vicious cycle they are continually trapped in, and very hard to escape. Fortunately for the newer Indigo Children, there will be more of them and they will not be as alone and misinterpreted as the older Indigo Children are, though they will still face these issues.