Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests

Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by cortesoft on Monday October 14, 2019 @08:36PM (#21254414)

I know for me, finding out I had a high IQ made me more arrogant, which was a major problem for me in elementary school. I was always a jerk about being able to understand things easily, to be able to do well in school without trying.

Learning how to not be a dick about being intelligent was probably the most valuable thing I learned at school.

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Re:Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorder... by hinkley on Monday October 14, 2019 @09:53PM (#21254870)

My parents never told me my IQ. They were afraid I would turn into a monster (and given their parenting skills, that wasn't a bad instinct). I learned it from my spouse after she talked to my mother.

Problem is, I thought I was just 'smart'. If there were things I struggled to understand, it was only natural for others not to get it unless I could unpack it for them.

However I also had this notion that when I understood things immediately that I was just 'faster', that in five, ten, fifteen minutes they would figure it out and we'd all be in agreement and everything would be great. Everything was not great, and I would get visibly agitated with people for not getting these completely obvious things.

These are not realistic expectations and certainly are not attractive behaviors.

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