this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2025
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Is the takeaway here that people whose academic talent as children allowed them to be functional enough to go without mental health treatment that probably would've helped prevent them from being unable to manage when all the structure and scaffolding support that previously seemed invisible is abruptly removed in adulthood is analogous to a reasonably good high school football player whose career ended due to an injury that likely occurred because children are being pushed to play on a similar level to adults whose lives are effectively over at 35 due to the compounding effects of successive brain injuries?
Am I missing the forest for the trees or are these two distinct symptoms of the same failing system?
No you pretty much nailed it.