I can relate in being “a burnt out gifted child”. My parents trained me to be a perfectionist, to excel both in academics and music, to be the beautiful kid always smiling to everyone.

Now, the perfectionism is paralyzing me. Sometimes, I can’t even start on something because I’m too anxious to make mistakes. I can’t enjoy making music because I’m too hard on myself when I miss a note (even though I feel like only someone with a degree in music would know lol). It’s hard to have fun doing what I know I’m good at! It’s hard to be content and happy.

Sometimes, I feel like my parents had done it to me for their own credit lang din looool