22B I had a whole post written and then it sort of disappeared and Zen Scanner had written a similar post to what I was going to say. I read a book called Gifted Grownups that talks about how one quality of some gifted people is that once they master something they want to move on to something else. This can make it difficult staying in one career. Also perfectionism can be an issue. I remember in elementary school I was considered "the artist" and never really had to work for that. Then in middle school another kid (who actually was doing things with it like entering competitions) showed up and I basically decided that he should be "the artist" as he obviously was better than I was. This wasn't true, we were both good but if I couldn't be the best without trying I didn't want to compete. I wasn't very competitive as I knew that drew unwanted attention. It's possible also that as a kid get into middle and high school they want to fit in more than they want to stand out.
