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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& #39;s easier to not try"
it& #39;s not "people told me i& #39;m smart and now i& #39;m mad i& #39;m not being fawned over anymore" it& #39;s "adults treated me like a parlor trick because i could memorize dinosaur names and didn& #39;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 & #39;mature for your age,& #39; high expectations, a desire for escapism, and an inescapable feeling of dumbness"
it& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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 ">https://ko-fi.com/jargoggle...
"you& #39;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 :/
