I have ADHD and graduated at the absolute bottom of my class, only finishing at all by the grace of a few professors who gave me tons of leeway once I started getting Fs. Looking back, most of that stress could have been avoided with, like, an informational brochure? https://twitter.com/christapeterso/status/1301982075411599361

We had so many free condoms and so little in the way of mental health resources lol

I suspect 99% of "former gifted kid" discourse on here is just about what happens when normal young ppl who developed situational bodges for managing undiagnosed ADHD get dropped into new environments where the bodges no longer apply