This is going to be an unpopular comment, but......
Drugs and alcohol.
They made me aloof enough to not care about fitting in, which ironically made me into the person that everyone else thought was the cool kid, while also dumbing me down just enough to not overanalyze everything to the point of crippling social anxiety.
The end result was a more punk rock version of val Kilmer in real genius. I subsequently dropped out at 16, got 98th percentile on the GED in half the allotted time and became the youngest attendee of my music school.
After that I floated through life until retiring with my wife and animals Thoreau style at the age of 30
They made me aloof enough to not care about fitting in, which ironically made me into the person that everyone else thought was the cool kid, while also dumbing me down just enough to not overanalyze everything to the point of crippling social anxiety.
The end result was a more punk rock version of val Kilmer in real genius. I subsequently dropped out at 16, got 98th percentile on the GED in half the allotted time and became the youngest attendee of my music school. After that I floated through life until retiring with my wife and animals Thoreau style at the age of 30