In inspiration of the other post, what’s your greatest nerf (as in, how are you really good at something but have something that balances you out). So you have to include the good too.
For example, In my case, I’m pretty strong, tall, high stamina, really good cold resistance.
But I have kidney failure and a transplant which means I need to take immunosuppressants every day or I can end up hospitalized, and also therefore more prone to sickness. And of course a weak point where the kidney is.
I’m apparently very likeable and a quick learner, so I do well at work. Severe anxiety and impostor syndrome make sure I stick around in places I’m apparently overqualified for.
If you give me 40min and an internet connection I can become proficient in literally anything mechanical. Build a banjo, lift a house, 3d painting firearms, doesn’t matter. I can replicate it and master it by the 4th try.
Unfortunately I have the attention span of a caffeinated squirrel in a bounce house. Doesn’t matter if I’m a master machinist if I can’t be bothered to actually do it.
I can handle bad smell or gross stuff but give me milk or dairy stuff and I’ll be down in the bathroom or long tummy ache.
I’m smart and cute and nice, but I have ADHD, Autism, and Anxiety and my immune system hates itself. I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t have those though 🤔
Excepting the immune disorder, exact description of my 12yo daughter. She’s starting the long road from child to adult and I have no idea how to help her navigate that. Like her paternal grandmother, she’ll be very attractive. No idea how to help her navigate being a total hottie and nervous as a chihuahua. Wish my mom was around to talk to her over the next several years. I’ll take any advice ya got!
Her mom won’t be any help at all. Despite having all the elements to be attractive, she refuses, loathes anyone looking at her. Got that way growing up poor as a church mouse and being bullied for it. Imagine being so poor that Arkansas kids bag on you. What a world.
Smart.
Social interactions require as much brain power as a maths exam.
More. Math is logical and consistent. There’s no rigor involved in devising social solutions.
I can handle spiders all day, but if I see a snake I freak out. We have had snakes recently in our basement, so much so that I bought a special snake grabber thingy so I can let them outside.
You’d like Finland. Many spiders in the woods (especially the islands for some reason?), but never seen either of the 2 alleged species of snakes that supposedly exist here.
Too bad. For the most part, snakes are pretty chill animals.
But… Random snake in the basement that isn’t used to being around people and you don’t positively know what kind of snake it is? No shame in using grabbers, it’s the smart thing to do.
Lost a ton of weight, raced bicycles, fought two SUVs at the same time and sent both to the crusher and survived, took the equivalent of a 10 story head first dive on a bicycle helmet.
Broken neck and back makes holding posture like lifting weights. Sitting up or standing is exactly the same thing – hard/hurts and fails after a short amount of time. No one knows exactly what is wrong.
I’m really good at picking up skills fast, and also have great timing when it comes to joke delivery and video editing, but I got adhd so I can’t apply myself to do all that, and in turn have a perfection complex that prevents me from seeing the “middle phase” of a project
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I believe those things are related
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My hearing has great frequency range… But I often can’t understand people.
My vision is decent, and I can control it well (for seeing stereograms, etc)… But I require glasses to see farther than a few inches (around a decimeter) clearly.
My sense of smell is extremely weak, that’s both a nerf and a buff. But it means my sense of taste is largely based on degree of salty/sweet/etc. and I can’t easily tell nuance (like between different brands of the same food/drink)
As long as I’m in my goldilocks zone, I’m unstoppable. But I depend on the being both in the right physical environment as well as validation and support from others to get in the right mental state. If I’m left in a bad environment (for myself) I just spiral into a nonfunctional depression.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - my body has a bad recipe for collagen so all my tissue is too soft, I get injured very easily and I had arthritis before 30.
You have to also state what’s good about yourself! C’mon, tell us!
They’re probably super stretchy/flexible.
I’m strong, and love going to the gym and lifting weights,
Unfortunately I had an accident at 18 and really damaged my lower spine so I’m in constant pain when I exercise to much.
The work around is I need to constantly be stretching my hamstrings and glutes or I can’t stand up straight without pain
I’m sorry the trade off for your iron glutes was chronic pain u_u.
Yeah small price to pay, but hey it’s back day today and I’m off to do my deadlifts now
The balmer peak is not a hoax or conspiracy
I’m like wicked smaht, but I get so bored so, so fast. I get pretty good at most things I try by the time I get bored, but I rarely have the patience to truly excel.
I’m not great at socialization past a superficial level and tend to avoid interactions I expect to be uninteresting and awkward. It has cost me opportunities because there are areas in life where connections and networking are just as, if not more, valuable than skill and hard work.
