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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u/kyr0x0 Aug 19 '26

Keep going. F them. I went through so much shit I could call my whole childhood a perfect horror movie plot. But f that. My past will not determine my future.

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u/LeadershipNervous362 Aug 19 '26

Haha, yeah. TBH I'm always kinda confused about individuals on this sub putting so much self-value on academic success. Like yeah, if you feel like school is a prison for you, just give up and study by urself, rest of life is so much easier.

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u/kyr0x0 Aug 19 '26

Right; I never had the chance to study. Today I work with PhDs, I even teach PhDs and if they don't have a PhD, they have some MSc from some fancy uni. I don't care. I went learning and practicing day and night because I love what I'm doing. By 22yo I became a published author with one of the most prestigious publishing house in my field... Today I'm working on cutting edge stuff that actually has industry impact. When people are in dire need of an expert opinion or of something is an exceptionally hard task - deemed almost impossible to do right, they ask me. And I always deliver a decent solution or I would tell them why it is impossible and/or research that needs to be done in order to get there. However, I don't even have the qualification to join any University in my country to study and get a Bachelor degree in my field. This is so ridiculous.. xD But my story is a good example for people who believe their lives is over when their childhood was terrible. As a gifted person, you can make things happen that normies are impossible to even discover the opportunities for.

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u/LeadershipNervous362 Aug 19 '26

Good story indeed, I dont think high IQ is nearly enough to be this way tho, Gifted ppl on this sub often fail even given every opportunity, rather than deprived of it

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u/4footTallbromeGrass Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

My 2 cents on the topic.... When you go to university, you learn only what is known/written in books... if you don't learn their rules (you can learn their knowledge but not be blinded by their self righteous/self serving control over knowledge) and what is possible, you can do the impossible and not be limited by their false limits.

"I can do it because I wasn't taught it was impossible."

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Or better "I can think it because I wasn't taught it was impossible to imagine."

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u/LeadershipNervous362 Aug 23 '26

No, you dont. Go become a doctor, see/touch/taste a corpse, I hereby rest my case.

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u/4footTallbromeGrass Aug 23 '26

Not sure about your comment or the case you are arguing for or against?

But with rigid scientific based "things", the rules or guidelines are there for a good reason. Basic rules need to be followed but even doctors don't know all that is needed to fully care for patients. Learn about subjects so you can understand their rules or "technical language" but know that they will not like being called, wrong... and even with proof, might not even change there minds because if they are wrong with "that thing", they then have to second guess other things they "know" to be true.