Comment by deanCommie

Ditto. I skipped most of high school through an accelerated program and wound up in university before I was 15.

At the time I was happy. It was the first time I was surrounded by peers as smart or smarter than me. First time I wasn't bored in school.

It absolutely destroyed my social abilities and I spent the next 5 years miserable and depressed. I barely graduated and took another few years before I felt like I had caught up enough on everything I missed out on and I was able to start a career in my mid-20's at a comparable time to everyone else.

I'm no longer "exceptional" relative to my age peers, and Im just fine with that.

I have a son now and I genuinely don't know what I would do if he has the same challenges and opportunities as me.

On the one hand I would never wish what I went through on anyone. On the other, noone forced me to go. I wanted to.