wish ppl realized "gifted kid burnout" isnt "wah ppl arent saying im smart anymore" its "ive had my entire sense of self-worth propped up on being nebulously Intelligent & now that i have to apply real-world skills nobody bothered to teach me, ive realized it's easier to not try"

it's not "people told me i'm smart and now i'm mad i'm not being fawned over anymore" it's "adults treated me like a parlor trick because i could memorize dinosaur names and didn't bother to teach me any useful adult skills so now i just lower the bar to keep people disappointed"

"i got used like a party favor by parents who wanted to show off their Smart Child and all i got was this crushing sense of 'mature for your age,' high expectations, a desire for escapism, and an inescapable feeling of dumbness"

it's like. my parents cared about my interests and hobbies when i was younger because they could brag about them or get money out of them. now that my interests aren't usable for Clout, my parents just straight up do not care about what i like. they could not care less

a bunch of people are QRT'ing this like "who cares" etc etc and its like.... obviously yall care enough to fish for some clout lmao

alright i really have to mute this for the sake of my mentions, drop a dime in my ko-fi if you vibed with this thread https://ko-fi.com/jargoggle 

"you're making this up" i made this post about my own experiences as a child who was treated as "gifted" but i was just never in a long-term "gifted child program" like damn......... can yall stop being assholes for 5 minutes :/

i was sent to "gifted" summer camps & "gifted" semester programs at colleges when i was younger but honestly that's none of yalls business and the fact that some ppl are trying to poke holes in a personal experience that i'm sharing that i didn't even intend to go viral....