Leave a comment about the topic of the video to be featured in a follow-up vid! Still taking comments on the last one too if you missed it over on my old channel ✨
As a fellow burnt out gifted kid, I had a similar journey. A big part of getting to the stage where I could actually sit down and commit to something I wasn't immediately good at was getting on an anxiety medication. It lowered the barrier to entry enough that I could actually pursue something if I was interested.
That's huge! As someone who used to really struggle with anxiety, I know how debilitating it can be. It's so much easier to explore new things without constantly being in your head about it. Glad you found something that works for you!
For me it wasn’t so much being burnt out, as much as it was becoming apathetic about things that I used to be passionate about and eventually giving up on them. A healthy dose of ADHD didn’t help either, so I was just jumping from passion to passion, leaving the core “passion” (politics) to the wayside. This apathy is coming to a head now in college, where I can’t justify continuing. I’ve figured out that maybe I’ve been too comfortable with the status quo. So I’m taking a decision that will undoubtedly come with hardship, and that requires total self-reliance, I hope it’ll kick me into high gear and resolve some of the self-doubt and directionless that I feel. With that line of thinking I wonder if adversity would make for an interesting topic for this series, should you cherish it in a way? How much benefit comes from adversity, and more importantly how much damage? How excessive adversity can drive you away from something - like some video games - where you feel frustrated rather than enjoying the experience. And yet struggle is an important aspect of the human experience, it’s necessary and eventual. How should you approach it? What’s a healthy way of dealing with it? Where to draw the line between adversity and burden? Anyways, I was a viewer of the channel all the way back in like 2015ish and happened to see your recent vid about splitting your content into differing channels, and this series has hit home with me, it’s a little nostalgia driven, but also the relaxed relatable commentary puts me at ease. So, here’s a very belated thank you for the content you’ve done over the years ❤.
Those are some really interesting questions for a future video! I'll definitely jot down some ideas :) It sounds like you have some tough decisions ahead of you but I hope everything works out ❤ As someone who's dealt with depression in the past I can relate to feeling directionless and losing passion for things. Also think I may have some undiagnosed ADHD to be honest (runs in the family) which certainly doesn't make things easier. All that to say, even if I don't know exactly what you're going through, I feel you. I'm glad my commentary could help relax you! Wishing you all the best 😊
1:51 Okay I love your AC character 😆 It's not pertinent to the video, YET it IS 😆 5:50 EXPOSED! I really relate to the gifted thing, as I'm sure other commenters do. As an autistic person myself, at school, I never revised for anything -- if I was doing any studying for tests, it was the first time I'd looked at the material -- and I don't say that to brag. For me, thousands of hours writing notes didn't help me learn: I either knew something or I didn't. However what I will say is while that sounds great, I would not consider autism a superpower: I rely on a carer, and at the moment, I do not have one, and I will be honest: I'm not living, I'm only surviving. Obviously autism is a spectrum for those of us on it, but I find that most autistic people that claim that their autism is a super power, they are the ones that have the privilege -- whether financial or otherwise -- to live around their difficulties. Or their support needs are lower to begin with. But that mindset doesn't help those of us who are struggling, because we're often treated like we're not stepping up, or not trying hard enough. I hope it's okay I mentioned that! I think while I've gotten better at letting some things be imperfect, if it's something I really care about - like a special interest, I will still upset myself if I'm not able to do it, or do it well. I love you correcting the in-game character on their timing at 17:15 😆 As usual, I love listening to you talk about these things!
Really happy to hear your experience with autism as it helps me expand my worldview and learn more 😊 As someone who doesn't have autism, my personal experiences with it have mostly been interacting with people on the spectrum who don't need much help day-to-day and I've rarely encountered folks who do (probably because, like you said, they're not living but rather surviving). Can definitely see how those who don't need as much help would be considered more privileged. I hope you can find another carer soon to help take some burdens of life off your shoulders ❤ I appreciate your perspective, thank you for sharing it!
@@LifeThroughGamingYT Yeah, I'm definitely not the worst, but yeah, I look at some people and do get a little jealous sometimes, because they can do more than I can. There's also an unfortunate burden that because I don't struggle as much as some people, others often expect more of me and then when I can't meet that expectation, they get mad at me. But yeah, I just thought I'd share. I knew you would be, but I appreciate you being receptive! 🥰 I hope so too!
Leave a comment about the topic of the video to be featured in a follow-up vid! Still taking comments on the last one too if you missed it over on my old channel ✨
As a fellow burnt out gifted kid, I had a similar journey. A big part of getting to the stage where I could actually sit down and commit to something I wasn't immediately good at was getting on an anxiety medication. It lowered the barrier to entry enough that I could actually pursue something if I was interested.
That's huge! As someone who used to really struggle with anxiety, I know how debilitating it can be. It's so much easier to explore new things without constantly being in your head about it. Glad you found something that works for you!
For me it wasn’t so much being burnt out, as much as it was becoming apathetic about things that I used to be passionate about and eventually giving up on them. A healthy dose of ADHD didn’t help either, so I was just jumping from passion to passion, leaving the core “passion” (politics) to the wayside. This apathy is coming to a head now in college, where I can’t justify continuing. I’ve figured out that maybe I’ve been too comfortable with the status quo. So I’m taking a decision that will undoubtedly come with hardship, and that requires total self-reliance, I hope it’ll kick me into high gear and resolve some of the self-doubt and directionless that I feel.
With that line of thinking I wonder if adversity would make for an interesting topic for this series, should you cherish it in a way? How much benefit comes from adversity, and more importantly how much damage? How excessive adversity can drive you away from something - like some video games - where you feel frustrated rather than enjoying the experience. And yet struggle is an important aspect of the human experience, it’s necessary and eventual. How should you approach it? What’s a healthy way of dealing with it? Where to draw the line between adversity and burden?
Anyways, I was a viewer of the channel all the way back in like 2015ish and happened to see your recent vid about splitting your content into differing channels, and this series has hit home with me, it’s a little nostalgia driven, but also the relaxed relatable commentary puts me at ease. So, here’s a very belated thank you for the content you’ve done over the years ❤.
Those are some really interesting questions for a future video! I'll definitely jot down some ideas :) It sounds like you have some tough decisions ahead of you but I hope everything works out ❤ As someone who's dealt with depression in the past I can relate to feeling directionless and losing passion for things. Also think I may have some undiagnosed ADHD to be honest (runs in the family) which certainly doesn't make things easier. All that to say, even if I don't know exactly what you're going through, I feel you. I'm glad my commentary could help relax you! Wishing you all the best 😊
1:51 Okay I love your AC character 😆 It's not pertinent to the video, YET it IS 😆 5:50 EXPOSED! I really relate to the gifted thing, as I'm sure other commenters do. As an autistic person myself, at school, I never revised for anything -- if I was doing any studying for tests, it was the first time I'd looked at the material -- and I don't say that to brag. For me, thousands of hours writing notes didn't help me learn: I either knew something or I didn't. However what I will say is while that sounds great, I would not consider autism a superpower: I rely on a carer, and at the moment, I do not have one, and I will be honest: I'm not living, I'm only surviving. Obviously autism is a spectrum for those of us on it, but I find that most autistic people that claim that their autism is a super power, they are the ones that have the privilege -- whether financial or otherwise -- to live around their difficulties. Or their support needs are lower to begin with. But that mindset doesn't help those of us who are struggling, because we're often treated like we're not stepping up, or not trying hard enough. I hope it's okay I mentioned that! I think while I've gotten better at letting some things be imperfect, if it's something I really care about - like a special interest, I will still upset myself if I'm not able to do it, or do it well. I love you correcting the in-game character on their timing at 17:15 😆 As usual, I love listening to you talk about these things!
Really happy to hear your experience with autism as it helps me expand my worldview and learn more 😊 As someone who doesn't have autism, my personal experiences with it have mostly been interacting with people on the spectrum who don't need much help day-to-day and I've rarely encountered folks who do (probably because, like you said, they're not living but rather surviving). Can definitely see how those who don't need as much help would be considered more privileged. I hope you can find another carer soon to help take some burdens of life off your shoulders ❤ I appreciate your perspective, thank you for sharing it!
@@LifeThroughGamingYT Yeah, I'm definitely not the worst, but yeah, I look at some people and do get a little jealous sometimes, because they can do more than I can. There's also an unfortunate burden that because I don't struggle as much as some people, others often expect more of me and then when I can't meet that expectation, they get mad at me. But yeah, I just thought I'd share. I knew you would be, but I appreciate you being receptive! 🥰 I hope so too!
Oof, burnt out former gifted kid squad ✋🏽
There are dozens of us!!
Hello, hi! Future Tyler fixing past Tylers non commenting mistake. Resume as usual.
Very good sir, as you were 🫡
Perfection is boring. Strife for it is natural but reaching is unrealistic. Let me not be pervekt. 😂
That's true! Imperfection is what keeps life interesting. Without challenges we would never grow. :)