as a former gifted child i still have cool piano playing skills i’m nice i know how to listen vs speak i work hard   then they realize that i haven’t upped my playing since i was thirteen that my “niceness” is really just another form of doormat in the wrong situation that i’m not actually listening as much as it seems like i am and no matter how hard i work i can’t work fast enough for anyone   anything i’m good at is paid low because it’s generally considered easy enough that anyone could do i’d enjoy being a factory worker- can do the same shit over and over and over and over while i space out don’t get bored with it but i seem like i’m smart and organized to do what i like people cannot understand how i or any of us can be both smart and mentally disabled at the same time