Story Ever Heard of Brandenn Bremmer?

[flightless bird]

Just came across this by chance; https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-prodigy-14-commits-suicide/



There is a book about him written by his mom; Guided Destiny: The Biography and Spiritual Teaching of Brandenn Bremmer

How did you feel about life when you were 14?

 

[jodes2]

I hated language classes because I suck at languages. And sport. School was shit, stuck in an all boys school. I would have wanted a girlfriend. I never learned as a child how to socialise with the opposite sex. Then there was my mother, always shouting. No, I did not particularly enjoy my childhood but it was bearable just about. Although I had my first thoughts of wanting to die when I was 6, the first time I tried to CTB I was 20

Poor genius kid, CTBing at 14, that's tragic

 

[niiina]

That's super interesting!
At 14 I already had suicide thoughts but I was faraway of being a prodigy, I had problems at school, at home, social problems in general, never made friends or left home except for school, had physical disability and I knew life would never be good for me with my upbringing and mindset (bingo). But at the time I didn't had the nerve to ctb.

I think the world lost a lot with this boy departure but only he knew what he could endure

 

[👁️👃👁️]

Graduated highschool at 10? Did I hear that right?

 

[GrumpyFrog]

That is a really sad story. Such a talented young man getting so hopeless he didn't want to live anymore, despite all of the potential future held for him.
I was already depressed and fairly hopeless about the future at 14. But I'm pretty sure if you'd ask my mom, she'd say I was perfectly fine too. Sadly, not all parents care enough to notice that something is wrong with their child on an emotional level, and teenagers tend to hide things from their families and aren't always open about their feelings, so the whole myth of kids "mysteriously" taking their lives while "seeming so happy and not at all depressed" doesn't seem to go away.

 

[WaveringLight]

The label of being a prodigy is a curse. Everyone expects more out of you, you are expected to function on a level no one else has to. You are used like a puppet, and you are expected to not have problems other people have since your talents in some areas overshadow others.

Unfortunately due to my irregular development, I started having CTB thoughts at around 8. I did not recognize they were them until about 10-11. Even before then, I've always been relatively unhappy. However, despite these factors I tried to maintain myself for my family. Seeing myself on this forum and my current plans on CTBing, this is no longer the case.

 

[FuneralCry]

Rest in peace. I think the truth is that even if someone has been successful in life and has achieved things doesn't mean that they won't suffer.
I wish I left this world when I was that young. I wished to die even back then but unfortunately I'm still here.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I had heard of him. As it says in the article one of the rare cases where organs have been harvested from someone who suicided.

Having an extremely high intellect comes with its downsides. It can make you feel isolated and alienated and can make you more sensitive to the world's tragic nature. This isn't the case with all people with genius-level people, but the depending on the person's traits and circumstances it can exacerbate these problems.