In my case, I was born to parents who were very young, and I don't think they were entirely ready to have a child. My dad was going to college and working two or three jobs at the same time, and my mum was working and going to school.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
The plausible outcomes range from the gradual and benign to the more precipitous and damaging.

