'Gifted kids and old souls, where are you now?'

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[partysuvius]

The parent one… that’s pretty awesome that they’re trying their best to help their kid not become like the rest of us

[ranaoblivious]

Can't remember where I read this, "The brightest candle burns the fastest". Never knew how accurate it was until now

[annana]

Grappling with the fact that being academically gifted and a "quiet one" meant that no adults ever have a damn about anything else going on. Social skills? Anxiety? Just keep your grades up and you'll be successful! I am not successful.

Editing to say, I am not a complete mess. I hold a job and I pay my bills, but it is stressful and I struggle to communicate at work, and I'm not on a career path or going anywhere special in life.

[atiqahdiyana]

Realizing that just because I was “smarter” didn’t mean I should have been made to mature faster.

[Christall]

As a kid, all the grown ups kept telling me how smart I was, and that I could so so much if I just tried. Now im 24 and 5 years fighting my drug addiction

[VickyRavnII]

On my couch watching YouTube-shorts waiting to get another life in toyblast.

[tangerine]

My dad was the gifted kid out of all of his siblings, oldest too, also oldest out of his cousins. He was expected to watch all 16 kids, and make sure no one was sad or got hurt, at the age of 12.

Now he’s almost 55, regrets everything. Working 60+ hours a week. Stressed. Has the idea that he has to make sure everything is great, and perfect. He would buy anything me and my siblings touched. Even when we don’t want it. He tries to be the best dad, but all I want is for him to be there, be happy with me when I score a 90 on my test, fun times making dinner, playing board games.

He has never done any of that. Only worked a ton. I’m not even surprised if he’s dealing with more mental health issues than any 13 year old could ever come up with.

[ww-tsli]

On the internet as a way of disassociating from the crippling depression and anxiety I got bc I didnt live up to the high expectations set for me.

[_beanbag_]

fighting depression and crippling anxiety, as well as dissociating and sleeping more because i would rather be in the company of my dreams than reality

[SatyreIkon]

Struggling with depression I got from the pressure and some smart kid" bullying.

[jordanhubert]

Turning 22 this year- having to start over. Lots of therapy. Slowly becoming a pothead
Like the really fucked up thing is that I ended up way behind others my age even though I was ahead of them intellectually. It’s almost cruel how fast ur life can become shattered when u hit 18. I’ve had a crazy ex who was cheating on her boyfriend with me the whole time. I moved to Florida with her and oneday got my ass kicked by him when he walks in on us. Got thrown out of the house and had to get help going back to Cali. Did a stint in the psych ward because that just tipped over a big barrel of mental illnesses. Mom disowned me after getting framed for a false molestation from my ex that was a lie made up by her and her boyfriend. Ended up homeless. And now struggling with drug addiction. U never see the waterfall until ur boats too closr

[itsthatonechickagaincallth]

My parents treated "smart" as "mature" and treated me like a person couple's counselor for year. I'm unable to stop analyzing everyone's emotions around me.

[emi_]

Lying on my floor 2 seconds away from a mental breakdown if I’m alone with my thoughts.

[kail]

On my bed dying of an allergic reaction and stressing over school, but cannot physically bring myself to do any actual schoolwork

[a_doormat]

None of the old songs I listen to now have the same love in them- I get sad instead of relieved and tend to find myself running from my problems (both gifted and an old soul)

[damienkaz]

Old soul here. At this point I’m coming to terms with a lot of this “life” being familiar so now I just become more reclusive. I’ve began a journey within my mind to explore myself and lately it’s been rough but I’m grateful for it all. All I really have to say is that life isn’t easy but it doesn’t have to be hard either.

[tmi_irl]

Suffering in my own pursuit of perfection, never really “lived” cause I was blocking my own road and now make constant mistakes because of said nervousness

[luckyinky]

Being unable to make friends out fear and falling into the endless denial that everything is fine knowing that nothing will be fine very soon

[Lady_Grave]

repeating the phrase “natural causes cant get to me fast enough”

[errorcodenumber]

Constantly trying to top myself with greater and greater accomplishments, getting exhausted by it. I get upset when I get less than a 97 for any class, and I haven't got anything lower because i am a freak about my grades