How many of you were told you were talented/intelligent when you were young?

irony: the post

He's right though. He's obviously projecting, but he's right.

Nah, I grew up in a poor family in the ghetto and most my life I was convinced I wasn't capable of anything, I got into a lot of fights and I was an absolute underdog in terms of academic ability, had a rough childhood and was mentally fucked.I pursued art and became a pretty good one because I wasn't good at anything and didn't start pursuing mathematics until my 20s. People now would call me talented and gifted but the truth is that it was all just work(hard sometimes, easy others) and my willingness to pursue it in earnest. I've met some talentfags along the way in both art and mathematics who's very identity is built on their own perceived genius would try to undermine me because my success highlights their failures. Don't be that faggot, and for those who feel like they aren't capable, just know that you can if you really want to. And if there are no examples than be the first.

>How can you have issues with authority but need constant validation?
it doesn't have to be validation from the authority,. you could think that the wagecuck meme is stupid and that school is broken, but you still want to be validated by some evidence that you're doing something right

>How can you fear not living up to potential but not try in school/work?
fear of failure is a weird thing. if you don't try your hardest you have a way out by saying "well if i did this i would have done better"
the bingo specifically refers to "not trying in work because you think it's pointless," though. if it's for that you kinda just justify not doing the work you care about because that's irrelevant to your potential

>How can you have risk taking behavior but quit anything that doesn't come easily?
risks =/= difficulty. you could take a risk for faster gratification because you don't want to do something the long way

>How can you be easily bored but read wikipedia articles in your free time?
you could still be bored while reading them. you might just not feel like doing anything else

>Why would you always make excuses when you have existential anxiety and nothing really matters anyways?
i fail to see the connection here. wouldn't "fuck it doesn't matter" be the excuse?
the "oh i didn't start strong i may as well take a break then start over" notion is something a lot of people can relate to.

If you think everyone else except you is stupid, you are probably stupid yourself since you are unable to realize that other people might not have the same goals as you and that from their viewpoint their actions might be just as valid as yours

People often tell me that I'm "smart" or "impressive," but it just gives me anxiety because it doesn't feel like I've done merits the praise. What does this mean?

Actually, this accurately describes all the talent fags I've had to deal with in my struggle to not be a nigger.

kek, story time

I'm curious about what type of person would post this. Like nothing in that bingo implies at all that the gifted kid burnout is actually gifted so it's clearly for someone who legit has basically no real gift and was so enamoured by their own reflection they believed their mere presence would alert everyone in the vicinity that they need to give him fame and fortune. It's mocking someone who would naturally be mocked. So how is it that it got someone so riled up? Do you know someone irl who fits this bill? Are you mad because they're dumb and nothing could convince them? Or are they in fact smarter than you and just don't care and nothing you do could ever compare to what they could do? I had a friend in high school who hated me because I was smarter than him but didn't try. But I only didn't try because I thought I was too poor for college. I never intended to be a gifted stoner. I wanted to be le valedictorian and whatnot

My family is pretty blue collar, but my pediatrician and the teachers I had early on all said I was a very bright boy.

Because of their urging, my Mom had me take an IQ test to get into the gifted program. I scored very high (my mom will never tell me because she doesn't want me to be arrogant). I placed into the gifted program and did exceedingly well.

The school wanted me to skip a grade because of my IQ score and how well I was doing in school, but my parents did not want that. The school insisted and eventually my parents relented.

I continued to do very well in school, but then middle school came and it was a pretty bad school where I was the only white kid. I got in fights frequently and only never really ended up getting expelled because I usually scored perfect on the state end-of-the-year exams.

Luckily, I won a scholarship to a great private preparatory high school. My life kind of fell a part after my sophomore year of high school.

I had some cousins who passed away, leading to my mom and dad separating and my dad relapsing into an alcoholic. I had to quit sports and begin working to provide for the family. I often only got 4 hours. I had good friends in high school but never got to hang out with them because how constantly busy I was.

I remember coming back from school one day my junior year when I found my mom preparing to hang herself from a noose. I managed to stop her and then she broke down how she felt like she failed as a mother and how it makes her so sad to see me lost the spark I had as a kid for life and my studies.

I told her that I love her and that everything will get better. I ended up going to a top 5 uni which she was very proud of.

I came back this Summer after a year away and she told me how proud of me she was and how I have that spark in my eyes that I used to have as a child. I don't know if I'm there yet, but I think I'm getting closer there everyday. We're all going to make it anons.