If you're born gifted, life is handed to you on a silver platter, right?

Not according to several Reddit users who answered the question, "[For those] labeled as gifted children, do you think the label harmed you, or helped you?"

Most said that the "free passes" and special treatment given in school and beyond are not worth the price of having above-average IQ. In fact, any complacency they enjoyed during their early years ended up hurting them later in life.

"I often feel like a huge failure and I can't look at my transcript without crying," writes one user. "I still consider myself extremely intelligent and capable but I can't push myself to do the work required to make straight As. Overall it's forced me to set an unreasonably high standard for myself."



We've pulled together some of the most interesting comments from the thread about why it's horrible to grow up gifted.