• stelelor@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    This, plus parents and teachers yelling at me for getting frustrated so early in the process. As a kid I was literally told I was “stupid and selfish” for expecting to quickly become good at something (jumping rope). At the same time as I was told I was “mentally r***ed” for not learning other things quickly enough (algebra).