I Feel Like A Lot Of The “burnt Out Gifted Kid” Stuff Is Just The Realization That Very Few Attributes

I feel like a lot of the “burnt out gifted kid” stuff is just the realization that very few attributes viewed as “promising” in kids actually translate into real life promise and skills. Learning how to easily pass tests doesn’t actually prepare for much more than passing tests. Being a “delight” in class often just means you were too anxious and shy to engage with other students or push boundaries (which is an important part of learning as a child).

Sometimes this leads to taking on more work and getting burnt out from that, but a lot of it is just realizing that that same skill set and those same weaknesses don’t continue to benefit you. You end up having to learn how to interact with people, and while you may be good at critical thinking or problem solving, you have to figure out how to apply to jobs and to relationships. You have to learn a lot of stuff you were supposed to learn more naturally as a kid, and that’s what causes a lot of the burnout. It’s not a loss of skills, just the realization that they weren’t the right skills.

Capitalism obviously plays into this a little bit, especially in America, because of the insane pressure to do too much work, but that burns out everyone. You’re not unique in being hurt by capitalism. But the whole idea of “burnt out gifted kids” does reveal a lot of flaws in our education system.

just adhd things

sitting around in total silence and out of nowhere saying "oh that reminds me" in reference to a full blown conversation ongoing in your own head

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just-ju

2 years ago

we all know about the adhd hyper fixations that make you do one thing and one thing only for 3 days straight only for you to drink a sip of water and your brain's goes "nah, ion wike it anymore :("

but how about when you really wanna do something and you're so excited and then you start doing that thing but after literally 3 seconds of doing it it becomes so overwhelmingly boring that you... stop?

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just-ju

2 years ago

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just-ju

2 years ago

A few days ago I came across a video that really resonated with me and I can’t find it but what was said is stuck in my head.

“My whole personality was being smart and then one day I wasn’t ”

I was always just the smart and nerdy kid and after the pandemic, and everything else that happened to me, I ended up failing exam after exam. And with that title of smart being gone I’ve come to realise I never developed an actual personality.

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