Whenever I hear people talk about how hard being a burnt out gifted kid is it just sounds like First World Problems honestly lol.
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I really don't even get the concept. Like, what they gave up because life was too hard? that's not special... that's most people.
Though I find in my 40s that a lot of people I meet think I have 'given up' on life because I'm not in a corporate job running the rat race agonizing about my level of 'success' in terms of money compared to others around me, or debt spending myself into the appearance of being wealthy. A lot of people get offended by by 10 year old Honda Civic on principle. Apparently if I 'had drive' I'd replace it with an Audi S3 and piss away like $1000/mo on it.
the mentality about being 'burnt out' is so utterly bizarre in america. apparently having a good job and living a comfortable life is 'failure' for a lot of people.
i thought maybe i was "special", looking all around for some kind of explanation for what the fuck is wrong with me...and then one day (after a mental breakdown, which triggered an acid flashback) I realized...I think I might just be fucking lonely man. I honestly can't remember the last time I hugged anyone, or engaged in anything more intimate than a handshake
*there's definitely seems to be something wrong with my brain chemistry, but without fixing some core issues I know realize I'v been ignoring I really can't be sure if it's not just a symptom something more mundane
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It's more describing how I'm decaying while still alive
Hey some of us are just lazy
Most of these kinds of people as adults just didn’t realize that as they got older they actually had to try, that intelligence and skill aren’t inherent and is something you actually have to put effort into.
Imho the gifted program is where you send smart kids to lose their social skills.
I don't think it's the gifted classes doing that, it's more helicopter parents forcing there kids to spend all there time after school studying or with tutors etc. Instead of hanging out or engaging in more social after school activities like sports.
You can be just as social in a gifted class as a regular class, you can't be as social at mathnasium as playing soccer.
You can be just as social in a gifted class as a regular class
Not really though. You can socialize sure, but you don't get practice socializing with people that different from you. You're inherently socializing in somewhat of a filter bubble.
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