#gifted kid burnout
For someone who has typed upwards of 200,000 words for their novel, taken advanced English all their life, has a family of multigenerational English teachers, and has a formidable library in their room, I sure can’t spell worth a damn.
I spent a length of time I will not disclose cursing spell-check, more confident than I had any right to be that “paid” was actually spelled “payed.”
I’m back with gifted kid burnout and a toaster purse
Haha, those walls aren’t coming down buddy.
It taught me one other thing as well…..
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.
Wish I could turn back time~
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
Time to play bingo people!
Here’s mine, I got bingo three times!
… I need therapy :)
I feel too called out by too many of these.
some of you guys didn’t feel like you were an adult in a child’s body when you were 7 then grew up too quickly and it shows
eldest daughter syndrome and gifted kid syndrome are some great examples of phrases used to talk about specific kinds of trauma that the internet has taken and turned into “boo hoo these people arent special anymore so theyre lashing out!!” it was never about that you fucking cunts
eldest daughter sydrome is about a very specific trauma that comes with being expected to parent for younger siblings and even your parents as a literal child and how badly it fucks you and your perception of yourself and what you’re capable of doing up. gifted kid syndrome is about how a “smart” label is slapped onto kids at a horribly young age and then they are repeatedly denied help forced to do more and more work never taught socialization or study skills and then berated and treated like a disappointment when they’re human beings instead of little intelligence machines. god.
i was fucking right about this honestly. most phrases like this are about certain kinds of trauma people have faced not about some kind of fucking superiority complex
This is SO true.
I’m an eldest daughter who does not have eldest daughter syndrome because my parents were emotionally intelligent and allowed me to be a kid. And I was a gifted kid who does not have gifted kid syndrome because…see above. These are real things that could have been traumatic for me, but were not because the adults in my life were actual adults who treated me like an actual kid. And now, as an adult, my life is easier for not having to navigate these particular types of trauma.
I have so much sympathy for all the folks who suffered in these ways. I’m so sorry you were not allowed to be a kid when you were young.
I took a supposedly reputable online IQ test and scored a 91. As a former “gifted” kid I found that relieving. 91 is the low end of average, so now I have an idea about why I felt so out of place in the gifted programs.
Cringe memories? Of course I did dumb shit, I’ve got an IQ of 91!
Why did I make so many poor life choices? Maybe that IQ of 91 had something to do with it.
Took me a long time to recognize abuse? IQ of 91.
Bad at math? 91.
The adults all told me I was “so smart“ and “wasting my potential”. No I’m just a person please let me be normal stop projecting on me.
shout out to gifted kid burnout, this shit sucks and it makes me want to bang my head on the wall repeatedly.
