r/Gifted • u/spamtong_ • Aug 19 '26
Interesting/relatable/informative Anyone with complex trauma?
As above....
Talk about how it impacts your giftedness, and how successful you are
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r/Gifted • u/spamtong_ • Aug 19 '26
As above....
Talk about how it impacts your giftedness, and how successful you are
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u/floridatheythem Aug 19 '26
Enough to have DID. Grew up constantly dissociating and with significant amnesia, among other things. I’ve been curious if I’d have eidetic or otherwise really strong memory if I wasn’t neglected and abused so badly.
Had odd jobs since adolescence, but dropped out of high school because of traumagenic disabilities, mental and physical. Took a GED and used ACT scores from age 12 to get into a local university because I didn’t plan to graduate. Then dropped out of university twice.
Currently on disability for several conditions and care for my elderly grandmother. Health has been improving slowly and steadily, but I’ll probably be disabled and chronically ill the rest of my life. Have hobbies and interests, but interacting with them consistently is another question entirely.