• snooggums
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    22 years ago

    I am good with knowing my deficiencies. What sucks is being told that they are my fault because I should be “smart enough to overcome them”.

    • @SolarNialamide@lemm.ee
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      12 years ago

      It’s actually insane how many teachers and other education professionals waved me off with ‘you’re smart enough, just try harder’ while I was obviously suicidally depressed and extremely dysfunctional. Having undiagnosed autism because I was a teenage girl in the '00s was fun.

      • Fonzie!
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        12 years ago

        Girls, undiagnosed autism, and suicidal tendencies? Name me a more iconic trio!

      • snooggums
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        12 years ago

        Or being a jack of all trades and getting potshots for not being an expert in everything just because you pick up the basics quickly.