Hi Everyone,
I'm in Year 8 for context.
I've been classified as "gifted" since Primary School, my reading level has always been a few years ahead and from the end of Primary I was a few years ahead in Maths too.
I'm in secondary now, and I started off really well, winning awards, getting high grades, topping my classes. But now everything is starting to go wrong.
I'm slipping behind, I'm no longer topping all of my classes, I completely flunked the Junior Maths Challenge even though I spent six months revising, I'm no longer the best at anything, someone is always better than me at everything and it's so frustrating.
I have no motivation anymore. Everyone always thinks that it's hilarious when someone gets an 8+ and I get an 8-, when I get a 98 and my friend gets 100. I feel completely worthless, I don't really have anything apart from school and chess in which I'm both progressively getting worse. It seems like no matter how hard I try I will never be good enough, I lost a chess tournament I was predicted to win by someone who was lower rated than me, probably the first domino to fall.
What do I do? I need to get back on track. I really do not want to burn out but my academic validation is really slipping and it's so painful. I feel physically sick.
Sorry for the long post, I needed to get if off my chest.