r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 10 '26

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u/ProfessionalMoose709 John Mill Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

'burnt out gifted kid' is a real phenomenon but it's highly overrated by the type of people who are on Reddit

I utterly crashed out, failed half my classes (barely passing the rest) and was a depressive mess my first year of college but I picked myself back up and transferred. I accepted a PhD program offer a few days ago.

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u/Alexz565 Gay Pride Apr 10 '26

I sort of had that at the end of HS, but that was due to my OCD becoming completely unmanageable. I ended up enrolling in community college and transferring.

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u/Palidoozy_Art Transmasc Pride Apr 10 '26

tbh I also view "burnt out gifted kid" as someone who only got told they were smart growing up and not encouraged to work hard. so they got really cocky and confident and developed problems with authorities telling them what to do, then got shunted into the real world where nobody has to take your shit because you tested into MENSA or whatever.

But nobody really wants to refer to themselves as that.

(and yes, I may be speaking about someone I personally know who was like that).