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Most of articles speaking about gifted people talk about gifted people being sad and not having a good life when in reality gifted people are in average more su
by polote 7y ago
Most of articles speaking about gifted people talk about gifted people being sad and not having a good life when in reality gifted people are in average more successful.
Explanation is easy, to be diagnosed as gifted you need to consult a doctor, and you will consult a doctor only if you think you have issues. So gifted people are most of the time not even aware they are gifted.
- imtringued 7y agoOkay but what does that have to do with the article? Just by reading the title you should know that the author was diagnosed as gifted during childhood and the problems only started manifesting in early adulthood. Your hypothesis doesn't apply here.
- polote 7y agoBecause the article basically assumes that all gifted people are like her. And that being gifted is not so much an asset. Which is statically wrong. But there is a category of gifted people, and the girl in the article probably belongs to it, which considers that being gifted is so bad and that people who say the opposite just don't understand what being gifted is. I'm gifted and I have no issue with that, like said in the threads they need to stop assuming that because they are gifted everyone owe them everything, work hard like anyone else if you want success
- jdefr89 7y agoI believe the name for what you're trying to describe is called "clinicians error" or something like that? I see your point. But I think the article speaks to the idea that most people equate being gifted with 100% success. When in fact, like anything else, there are no guarantees.