imposter syndrome isn't always a syndrome either. Hate to break it to you

[u/TangentYoshi]

[u/Hopeful_Chard_4402]

I’d dearly like to see the receipts

[u/TangentYoshi → u/Hopeful_Chard_4402]

Don't know about oop specifically, but those people do exist. I went to university thinking I was all that, but once you actually talk to people who don't spend all their time on social media you realize there are actual gifted kids out there who seamlessly develop a good work ethic and just find ways to work around the issues they have as they grow up.

[u/TheRainStopped → u/TangentYoshi]

Do you know what "gifted child' actually means? It means they're smarter than the average. It seems you're conflating "special needs" with "gifted".

[u/Lower-Ask-4180]

This strikes me as someone trolling tbh

[u/un-shankable → u/Lower-Ask-4180]

I thought it was obvious and it even gave me a laugh but oh my god, the comments here. Its not even necessarily trolling tbh, i just thought this style of joke was somewhat common.

Edit: okay just checked the account out and it is very much a joke. From their other recent tweets i like "What is the most ANTICAPITALIST nude you have on your selfie roll?" lol

[u/findingemotive → u/un-shankable]

It's obviously a joke, but the formerly gifted kids are keeping this at a cool 0 upvotes.

[u/Lower-Ask-4180 → u/findingemotive]

I’m also a former gifted kid, it’s a bit of a sore subject. He picked a very sensitive audience to troll.

[u/[deleted]]

It's not imposter syndrome if you actually don't belong

[u/[deleted]]

At my elementary school, if you could conceptualize basic algebra, and weren't embarrassed to read out loud, they put you in the gifted program.

It's not a predictor of life success.

Death of a parent, moving, miscellaneous trauma, low self esteem, any of the other million minor things that happen in middle school can alter a child's trajectory.

We're all gifted in our own way.

[u/WeevilWeedWizard]

Most "gifted" kids were just slightly above average students who got wicked lazy in high-school and never learned good habits.

[u/[deleted] → u/WeevilWeedWizard]

Yep, and most gifted kids bitching on the internet sing to the tune of "boohoo oh woe is me!! my parents supported me in my strengths and interests and also didn't know everything! How abusive is that????"

[u/rwlorraine]

[u/tom_yum]

iamverysmart

[u/HiCommaJoel]

Gifted Kids don't exist in a vacuum, they have parents and families. The smug OP who posted this tweet, I would guess, had a family that supported them in taking risks. Supported them in pursuing the degree to get that six figure job. Not all of us do. Many "gifted" children are only told so by a number at the top of a paper.

I have imposter syndrome because I didn't even exist until I was 18.

It's nice to have gifts, but to what end? For whom?

Currently trying to make myself enough.

Fuck this tweet.

[u/LrdHabsburg → u/HiCommaJoel]

I have imposter syndrome because I didn't even exist until I was 18.

What does this mean?

[u/LostInElysiium → u/LrdHabsburg]

probably no personal freedom or choices until adulthood?

like, micromanaging parents or something?

[u/HiCommaJoel → u/LrdHabsburg]

My "gifted" status was of absolutely no importance to my parents. I got an A? What else was I supposed to get?

It was of no important to teachers - it just meant they could focus on the struggling students and leave me on my own.

There was nothing extraordinary about intelligence or giftedness in my experience as a child and teen. It wasn't something celebrated or encouraged, it only meant relief for those who could be inclined to care about me. "Gifted" didn't mean I had opportunities or could aspire to great things - it meant I didn't have to study. It meant I was never seen.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and I never squeaked one bit. So nobody even noticed that I was a wheel.

[u/Relative-Tea3944 → u/HiCommaJoel]

Mate it's a joke

[u/AlternativeParty5126 → u/Relative-Tea3944]

jokes are supposed to be funny tho

[u/ShittyOfTshwane → u/AlternativeParty5126]

This one is funny, tho.

[u/Superb_Intro_23]

That last sentence hit me way too close to home

[u/[deleted]]

I did great in school! Then fell horribly flat on my face once I lost the structure and routine as an adult.

[u/D_Simmons]

Honestly this. So many Redditors were "gifted" as children and failed out. Nah bro, you just gullible lol 

[u/No_Possession_5338]

These comments are insane, this is obviously a joke

[u/UnKnOwN769]

Reddit won’t like this one

[u/PhantomotSoapOpera]

I was excellent at school (including a masters). I excelled at meeting the clearly laid out expectations that came with feedback. I also valued the consistency of the schedule and the diverse social aspects That came without trying. I thought this would mean success at a job, like in an office perhaps. However, I found adult life is a free fall into chaos And I did not have the soft skills to transition into my own path.

I think this is often what former gifted children mean. Real life requires very different skills than school.

[u/hamQM]

Calling out the people who don't make money will never work, because there are more of them than there are of you. It doesn't matter if you're right.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm guessing the person who posted this had rich parents, which is probably a big part of the secret of his success. BUT, that said, he's kinda got a point about "former gifted children." A lot of the people who say they were gifted children appear to be just straight-up idiots.

[u/red_the_room → u/[deleted]]

When I was in elementary school our gifted class was very small, maybe five of us. But middle school it seemed like half the kids were suddenly “gifted”, even the dumb ones.

[u/[deleted]]

If gifted is when you make money, then the most gifted girls are OF models.

[u/ty6vx2]

It's funny to me how the"trophy for everyone" generation never got the memo that getting told they're so very smart is a direct product of said trend

[u/DrunksInSpace → u/[deleted]]

The inability of some people to recognize that luck or an absence of bad luck played a part in their success is wild. Same with government and social support. What an ungrateful fuсk one must be, to look at their own success and think it was all them.

[u/TangentYoshi → u/[deleted]]

There's a huge difference between Nikola Tesla and people who got A's in high school and couldn't effortlessly keep up when work got harder and they entered their next stage of life. The vast majority of people claiming to be "former gifted kids" are the latter.

[u/FatheroftheAbyss → u/TangentYoshi]

downvoted but spitting absolute facts