the issue is that when i was growing up i didn’t have social media convincing me i had disorders and making endless threads about how my unhappiness is everyone else’s fault… i had to deal with it on my own. I’m sure had I had some autism forum I would have convinced myself I had autism too. I was just a nerd. I still am a nerd and most ‘nerd’ thigns turn most everyone off who isn’t also a nerd, no matter the field. But I also got older and realized my ‘nerd’ level is vastly below many many people, even if it’s far above the average persons. Just like I can ride a bike 100mi in six hours, which most peopel think is insanely fit… but compared to semi pro cyclists it’s painfully slow.
exactly, everyone struggles because that’s just what growing up is. i was suicidal most of my teenage years. i have four nephews and they are going through all the same thoughts and feelings and problems as I did as a kid. it’s just life.
the huge problem is most human beings have zero ability to contextualize themselves in the greater world and realize how good they do have it. they tend to segregate themselves into bubbles and only compare themselves to other people in the bubble and end up supporting each others delusions.
this is why people in rich areas will tell you how poor they are. or smart people at MIT will feel stupid, etc etc. I was top of my high school, but a mediocre college student, and a not a very good grad student, certainly not good enough to become an academic. that’s just life.
the issue is that when i was growing up i didn’t have social media convincing me i had disorders and making endless threads about how my unhappiness is everyone else’s fault… i had to deal with it on my own. I’m sure had I had some autism forum I would have convinced myself I had autism too. I was just a nerd. I still am a nerd and most ‘nerd’ thigns turn most everyone off who isn’t also a nerd, no matter the field. But I also got older and realized my ‘nerd’ level is vastly below many many people, even if it’s far above the average persons. Just like I can ride a bike 100mi in six hours, which most peopel think is insanely fit… but compared to semi pro cyclists it’s painfully slow.
exactly, everyone struggles because that’s just what growing up is. i was suicidal most of my teenage years. i have four nephews and they are going through all the same thoughts and feelings and problems as I did as a kid. it’s just life.
the huge problem is most human beings have zero ability to contextualize themselves in the greater world and realize how good they do have it. they tend to segregate themselves into bubbles and only compare themselves to other people in the bubble and end up supporting each others delusions.
this is why people in rich areas will tell you how poor they are. or smart people at MIT will feel stupid, etc etc. I was top of my high school, but a mediocre college student, and a not a very good grad student, certainly not good enough to become an academic. that’s just life.