Dr. Kanojia explains how being labeled a gifted child can lead to underdevelopment of study habits, perfectionism, and adult burnout.
Listen in on how Dr. K breaks down how being a gifted kid may not be all it's cracked up to be. Talking through the pathway of gifted child that leads to burnt out perfectionist and how the gifted child moniker may be more of a burden than a benefit.
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▼ Timestamps ▼
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- Reddit Post: Gifted Kid Meme
- Perception of 'Gifted'
- Gifted children are 'special needs'
- The purpose of school
- Falling into the trap of not studying
- Being gifted young sets you up to fail
- How this manifests later in life
- The burden of expectation
- Shame and low self-esteem
- What do we do about it?
- Stop comparison
- Accept that success is hard work
- Summary and questions
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You should check out this video: Why Gifted Kids Are Actually Special Needs: link to this video . It is a truly excellent video for helping to understand some of the psychological/emotional challenges of being "gifted." Internalizing the ideas spoken to in this video has been a huge gift to my mental help. For a long time, I held it against myself that I didn't try harder in college, and that if I did, I would be in a much better place. The reality is that for kids who do extremely well in high school with little effort, doing poorly in college is the default response. It takes a major intervention to get and stay on the right path, and many "gifted" kids of the past generations never got that since it…
There is a HealthygamerGG video where he talks about gifted kids as special needs kids bc of this factor. I found it really enlightening. I definitely had to confront it in my own life. link to this video
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This idea has been proposed multiple times before but, from what I remember (and I’m paraphrasing here) we’re identifying it as a disorder not because it’s a disease per se but because it affects the lives of those people and in general has been deteriorating ever since humans changed their lifestyles from hunters to farmers. I think this video talked about this concept in more depth link to this video
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As an allegedly gifted child: School was boring/not challenging enough. While video games progressed as fast as made sense. I absolutely think that it's your PoV that's correct rather than the articles. link to this video
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Despite what many think, gifted kids are actually special needs as well. Not being challenged enough directly leads to a lack of learning to learn. And that in turn leads to hitting a brick wall at some point. I have now attempted a few times to finish my higher education, always bounced HARD as I lack the mental facilities needed to deal with the frustration/commitment of actually having to learn. link to this video
