Does Anyone Have A High Iq

[Lady of Longbourn]

@missbliss I don't agree with you. Your whole post is just angry and I've seen that a lot in your posts since you got here. What is the cause?

 

[missbliss]

Ayesha - thanks for being concerned. I just looked into this as I wasn't aware that these are some of the symptoms of PTSD according the Mayo Clinic:

Changes in emotional reactions
Symptoms of changes in emotional reactions (also called arousal symptoms) may include:

• Irritability, angry outbursts or aggressive behavior
• Always being on guard for danger
• Overwhelming guilt or shame
• Self-destructive behavior, such as drinking too much or driving too fast
• Trouble concentrating
• Trouble sleeping
• Being easily startled or frightened
  
  

 

[shell]

I have found that some therapists understand me better than I understand myself at times, I would rather have the emotionally intelligent therapist anytime, than someone who has a higher IQ. I could therorise my whole session away but it is unlikely I would heal until I got out of my head and back into my body and my emotions.

Intellectization is just one of my many ways of avoidance, and it's exactly why I struggle to connect.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

@missbliss I agree...anger is big part of PTSD. Don't take it out on the forum. Step away from the forum instead. Honestly, it gets better with time and learning. Do you know about the stress cup?

Back more on topic: I actually see this thread in this way. My therapist is very intelligent and if he couldn't keep up with me I would fire him.

 

[J_trustno1]

hi,

I'm not sure if I have high IQ or not besides doing some random tests on the Internet. However, I have noticed that I am academically intellectual. In other words, I can solve mathematical or scientific problems well but that doesn't come that easy but with a lot of focus on one particular area but missing out on everything around my life to the point Where I have no idea what is happening in other areas of my life. You can call this being absent minded.

This creates major problems in life. You may as well be great with academia but struggling elsewhere. I complicate things for myself. I can't even remember the streets I have probably driven 20-30 times. It was challenging for me to learn to drive because driving is done at a macro-scale (i.e. big vehicle and a long road with many hazards) and lab experiments are done at micro-scale (i.e. small appratus).

Similarly, after completing university I was having trouble relating to other people outside of uni simply because I could not find anything to talk about besides my university life. I have lived a very limited and restricted life where fun and experience part is missing. In this world, you need to be practical and street-smart in order to survive or else you'll keep getting in more trouble and complicating your life even more like i have. It's not about the IQ of your T but about your way of perceiving things. I hope I didn't confuse you or made you upset.

 

[missbliss]

@Ayesha
Really - not quite sure what you're referring to. If I have an opinion I'll make it. In this case in reference to low-IQ *therapists* who still can't cure PTSD and haven't a clue on how to treat it from the root cause other than medicating its symptoms. Right now I'm going to be taking a huge step away because honestly I feel you're absolutely triggering me right now and that's the last thing I need.

 

[The Albatross]

I have a high IQ... supposedly. It has no bearing on the PTSD. I don't think either, that higher IQ has any bearing on the quality or not of therapy/therapists.

If you think you are wasting your life, perhaps that is a good thing to examine. What needs to happen to turn that around? What do you need to do?

 

[Ronin]

Honestly, knowing how IQ tests (and standardized testing as is) are biased toward certain cultures and upbringings, I wouldn't be looking for therapists / resource system as a whole, based on them. There's an ocean wide of experiences and skillset nevermind personal motivations that those tests weren't ever designed to measure.

 

[Ed Norton]

I believe that Miss Bliss is correct, especially in regards to social workers... Dead Link Removed

 

[Recovery4Me]

@Springbok I have known & know several certified genius people. Each one found benefit in therapy as PTSD is not selective in it's destruction or ravaging of one's being. Each one felt humbled in the need to turn to someone else/therapist but offered to me that they realized they could not have navigated it alone.

So for me- truth & value of a solid lesson is not contingent upon the source. If I am willing to receive and then get my current filter out of my own way...I may learn from the therapist.

 

[Deleted member 27340]

They say I'm a certified genius (but they are the system, and the system is wrecked).

I can relate, and if I were to re-enter therapy I would not do so with an averagely intelligent therapist. I've had two therapists, both pretty average. They apparently completely lacked the ability to understand that they did not have to spend four minutes explaining how to count five blue things, and then ten more minutes to explain how grounding even works.

If you're, say, in the 98th or above percentile, your mind works better (or has a better start point to work so good) than 98% of the entire earth's human population. That makes you lonely.

You could try and seek out some kind of high intelligence community, such as Mensa, to work on the lonely feeling. As for an intelligent therapist, I don't know.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

@Trauma We seem to fit into similar category.

In 5th grade I wrote some essays and the crappy teacher (she is a reason I failed to pass to higher level at a county level competition, as I had a panic attack upon seeing her again) rejected my essays because she believed someone older wrote them, killing my creativity over time, she also constajtly put me down, I remember nothing else, black hole in memories. I am great at math and physics and doing a lot of stuff on high school to uni level. English, well, I am great at it, and have translated a book for the school, though publishing been delayed. I can program, good with many languaged. Also I am learning a few languages and fluent in 3. Theraphy... Well, I gave up a few days, I don't have the money, and there seem to be no good psychiatrists in Croatia. The last one was unpleasant and cares more about writing it off and his boat than about actually doing something.

Downside is basically no friends, this town being empty of people that are similar, or fitting to my way of thinking. Sometimes I'd rather be dumb... Seeing how happy such people often are.

Reading my posts shows me that 60% of the time posts are brainstorming something.