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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey what gives, I was never a "gifted child" but ive still ended up being an anxious and unfocused adult :(

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Saaaame here. Struggled all through school until I got to college where I did really well as long as I had a structure that agreed with me. A lack of it bit me in the ass come thesis though. Took ages.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Most of us "gifted kids" struggled in school.
Gifted=ADHD and/or autism

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I feel so incredibly attacked by this meme

[+] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because they're perfectionists about their work and the way they cope with the anxiety is by abandoning the projects and burying themselves in their phones all day.

[+] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

But also, as I'm learning, not engaging with social media basically makes you invisible to a majority of social circles.

I tell people I'm an artist and they're shocked I don't have Instagram. "Yeah it sucks my attention away and traps me in doomscrolling. I'm on like, Signal and Discord tho!"

Awkward look annnd ghosted. Lol.

Being on predatory platforms sucks away your time and soul. (I remember twitter loved showing me stuff it knew would bother me.)

...but that's where all the people are. What a concept.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Algoritmes prey on our flaws and weaknesses, this is surprising to no one anno 2024 though.

That doesn’t suddenly make everyone immune though. The attention grip is super powerful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Hey, older adults too!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Phones aren't just for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Totally me. Not a lot of anxiety but total attention problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Society does this to people, and we can choose to stop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Omg Im a pokemon, but shitty!