I've been recently diagnosed as an adult and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I like to joke that the ADHD diagnosis process with Kaiser Permanente is set up so that if you actually complete it, it's proof that you don't have ADHD.
I also want to say I was saying this before Gianmarco Soresi started doing an almost identical joke.
I've been trying, but despite having a public health system that in theory supports mental health, the cost is at least $5000 for a diagnosis and likely closer to $10000. So no point I guess.
i saw a tiktok that said the gifted program was run by three letter angencies to scout talent. especially from kids in under performing schools where they stand a chance to be turned against the government and indoctrinate those kids to liberalism.
I was a "gifted child" then went to university and turns out I was not really that special lol. Grade fetishism in school leads to fuckers like me thinking they are hot shit when we're pretty mediocre. I even hit a hard wall with math, which was the subject I thought I was a genius in.
That said, I never had delusions about becoming something great, I always disliked responsibility and preferred to chill, and I kinda got there in the end