Nature has given them so much. From a very young age, children first shocked their parents, and then everyone else, with their almost supernatural abilities. But is it so good to be a child prodigy? 
It must be difficult to live with the feeling that you have surpassed the whole world... From a young age, these people amazed those around them and scientists with their talent. But how did their lives turn out?
William James Sidis 
He was born on April 1, 1898 in America into a Jewish family of immigrants from Berdichev. William's father Boris had a doctorate in medicine and taught psychology. Mom, having graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Boston University, decided to devote herself to the upbringing and intellectual development of her son.
Sidis's IQ was between 250-300, the highest ever recorded. So, based on IQ, William James Sidis was truly the most gifted person in history.
Already at the age of one and a half years, the child could read The New York Times, and at the age of seven he was ready to enter Harvard. Unfortunately, his documents were accepted only four years later. By the age of eight, he had published four books, and at the age of 12 he lectured on four-dimensional bodies at the Harvard Mathematical Club.
William's scientific works were written in a variety of fields, the child prodigy knew up to 200 languages, but at the same time he practically did not leave the house and tried to hide his genius.
He worked as an accountant or similar positions, quitting instantly as soon as anyone found out about his intellectual abilities.
The most brilliant man in the world died at the age of 46 from a cerebral hemorrhage, being in complete obscurity.
Alexey Sultanov 
In 1970, a boy was born, whom everyone called young Mozart. Just crazy success awaited him, because he first touched the keys at the age of one year. Already at two years old he could play simple melodies, and at five he began to compose his own.
There was a period when the parents forced the boy to play almost without a break, believing that only constant work would help him open up even more. He had no childhood, but at the age of eight he played Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and the musical community was amazed by his talent.
But such terrifying pressure on the boy’s psyche could not help but affect him and resulted in bulimia when he was nine years old. Adolescence only worsened his condition - he broke a very expensive instrument at the conservatory, and before an extremely important music competition he deliberately injured his hands.
At the age of 19, Alexey was recognized as one of the best pianists in the world. However, Sultanov fell into paranoia, became terribly afraid of death, was sure that he would die of a stroke... And at the age of 32 he suffered five strokes at once.
Alexey Sultanov was partially paralyzed and blind in one eye. He was able to partially recover, gave charity concerts, played with his healthy right hand, and his wife played the left hand part for him. Alexey Sultanov died in 2005, he was 35 years old.
Arfa Karim
The girl from Pakistan was only nine years old when she wrote several different applications that were actively used by Microsoft. Arfa was personally invited to work for one of the largest companies in the world by Bill Gates. Karim became a media personality for Microsoft and spoke at IT forums.
Her prospects were enormous, but everything ended tragically at the age of 16. An epileptic attack damaged Arfa's brain so badly that even the best treatment, personally paid for by Bill Gates, could not help her. Soon she died, this happened in 2012, she was 16.
Pavel Konoplev
Pavel Konoplev was born in 1971 in Moscow. From infancy, little Pavlik amazed with his abilities. When he took an IQ test at the age of six, he scored 142 points. The child psychologist recommended transferring Konoplyov directly to fourth grade. He graduated from school at the age of 15, and at 18 he was already present at meetings as a deputy in the district council.
But a year later, Pavel plunged into severe depression and attempted suicide. Konoplev was treated with heavy drugs, which led to the development of thrombosis. The child prodigy died when he was 29 years old.
Kim Un-young
At age five, Kim, who had an IQ of 210, learned French, Japanese, English, German and Korean. Then this South Korean genius shocked Japanese television viewers when he solved complex differential equations live on air.
Kim was eight years old when he was invited to work at NASA and worked there for ten years. But then he just burned out. He felt not like a person, but like a computer.
Un Young returned to his homeland, where he studied civil engineering. He became a doctor of science and taught at a university. Now he leads a simple life and is completely happy with it.
Sasha Putrya
The girl was born in Poltava in 1977 and over the 11 years of her life she painted more than two thousand paintings. She began holding a brush when she was just a baby and by the age of three she was painting absolutely incredible paintings. Sasha never copied anything, she drew everything from her head. Her works on Indian themes were especially interesting.
Sasha's paintings
Unfortunately, at the age of five, the girl was diagnosed with acute leukemia and the struggle for life began: endless hospitals, tests, examinations and pain. But despite her suffering, the artist could spend up to ten hours a day at the easel.
In January 1989, the dying Sasha asked her parents not to hold her, but to let her go where she would not be hurt.
