Discussion Anyone can tell they were screwed and would end up like this since they were kids?

[Hunter2005]

Like for me I always struggled in school with math and always processed information slowly. Now I have no job, and just ended up a loser, getting judged by people. So I've been screwed from the beginning, also I screwed up my chances of ever getting a girl. Like you can tell from the age of 10 and your life will end up.

 

[ThatsAllFolks2218]

Absolutely

 

[exhaustedgolfcat]

i knew it since i was bullied in school and my parents told me i should act like it doesn't bother me. i couldn't fathom why would they only do this to make someone hurt.

 

[Shiitake]

yep i was one weird kid

 

[PainThreshold]

You aren't the only one, when i was a kid I didn't understand the purpose of an elementary school, also somehow I'm in a preschool twice.

 

[starrypandabear]

Yes I start feeling unbearably depressed around 4th grade, struggled with my body, intrusive thoughts, I just never felt human. Everyone told me it was puberty related which gave me home but after I grew out of all of that it still feels the same, worse now. Plus I destroyed my life with things I romanticized as a teenager so honestly, im not surprised this is my life.

 

[scary]

Yea, as soon as I realized in elementary that it was hard for me to learn things and make friends I knew something was wrong with me. As soon as I started middle school I knew my life was over.

 

[lotus11]

No. I a lot of my childhood was screwed up ( not all of it) but i think like most kids the effects of the trauma didn't begin to show until i was older around 19/20. Most kids appear to be fine and happy and you don't really become aware and process those traumatic things until later on

 

[hurts2b]

Vaguely, I guess.

I never blindly trusted my most pessimistic predictions, I don't think. But they always seem to come true no matter what I fucking believe.

 

[iveseenfootage]

I barely remember anything from my childhood, really up until the age of 14-15. My mom used to tell me stories and I'd have to pretend like I knew what she was talking about, the only things I ever remembered was crying lol.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I was a bright but undisciplined kid. I never applied myself to anything. I could have used a "tiger mother." Instead I just got weird and slacked off more and more thinking I was too good for everything. Even well into adult failure I kept this narcissistic delusion. I'm closer to 40 than 30 and I still recognize my personality from childhood. Hooray, Legs, you did well on the test. Now you can space out and think you're set for life. How I wish I had practiced virtue, been tough, set my mind to achieving things! I was "just floating through," as a friend told me in middle school. It was a long time before I understood what he meant.

 

[LetMeOut67]

I felt I had no future from early teens
Some would say "self fulfilling prophecy" but I beg to differ
Some of us aren't meant for this hellscape