Does Anyone Have A High Iq

[joeylittle]

My T thinks if I was running at full capacity I'd be in the 130 range.

Your therapist doesn't necessarily know what IQ means; not to criticize them, or you - just that it is a number relating to capacity for learning, not directly correlated to intelligence. So I'm honestly not sure how old you are - but there is a very natural decline in IQ for just about everyone as they age. It's not the older we get, the dumber we get - just the older we get, the less plastic our brains generally become.

It also makes sense that many mental health diagnoses would cause a dip in IQ, but not because they made you dumber - just because your brain is very occupied with something else. It's equally possible for something like PTSD to cause a spike in IQ, depending on how "activated" the brain is as a result of it.

(you're probably already understanding all of this....I just get strange about IQ and what people think it means, because it's very specific and tends to get generalized.)

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[HëllaBubz]

I'm pretty young....she thinks my capacity has been greatly hampered hence the comment about IQ.

Heightened awareness would assist a small amount but given that the frontal cortex shuts down, processing is high impossible as I've personally discovered.

The actually say that as you get older it's possible to extend your IQ rating by up to 20 points. I guess it's all about how you're applying the usefulness of IQ to a situation.

 

[ms spock]

I did an dementia workshop last year, where they talked about how we each get 5,000 new neurons each day and if we use our brains and push ourselves each day then we keep it, if we don't use it, then we lose it.

 

[Barberian]

I have a high IQ with a handicap when it comes to math. My brain tries to make a complex equation into a picture making it very hard to break it into it's components and solve in appropriate order.

Comparing brains to electronics = If you take a Casio calculator and cross it's wires, you get jibberish if it works at all. If you take a Cray supercomputer and cross it's wires you get jibberish if it works at all. IQ IMHO means very little if the brain is cross wired, overstressed, or otherwise impaired.

I've worked with geniuses who can't install a screen door, and people who score low in IQ who, once you give them a tool can create a masterpiece out of nothing (which takes a different type of genius).

My 2 copper.

 

[Deleted member 1860]

Bubz are you overly concerned with the IQ number? I'm not sure why you repeatedly take IQ tests. Yes, its just a number, and IQ only measures one type of intelligence. I think its important to always be expanding our minds and such, but I think that becoming overly concerned with an IQ score can in fact be a hindrance. A low score on an IQ test one day doesn't necessarily mean that your intelligence is dipping. There could be a myriad of factors involved. I think it can be "fun" to know the approximate range of your IQ, but beyond that, it doesn't really matter as fluctuations in score don't necessarily mean that your intelligence is changing.

 

[Zef]

Let's not get too distracted with what IQ means. I scored 170+ on an 'official' test when I was 15 (yep, a real 170+. . .not too many of us out there:) ). I don't think a high intelligence makes PTSD more likely, in fact, it has helped me survive trauma that I may not have survived as well.

I doubt you will see a therapist that fully understands how lonely and different the world looks to someone who happens to be born with a different brain. The job of getting past the difference between you and a therapist is on you. My guess is that any good therapist will be just as curious about how your experience seems different than other people .. .so s/he can be more effective, both with you and other clients. . .and, because sometimes, people are just interested.

Try this with a therapist. . .just tell him/her what you originally posted and see how they react. That should go a long way in helping you determine whether or not you will be able to suspend judgement enough that you'll allow the therapist to help.

Hope this makes sense and helps.

 

[reallydown]

I have no idea what my IQ is - never took a proper test but I did teach myself to read when I was 3...whatever that means...As for therapists, I do know that it's not fun trying to talk to one who is definitely dumber than you (I've had a couple of those)...The ones I responded better to were indeed the smarter ones, for whatever that's worth

Also @TreeHugger,

I noticed that you said you reported Susan B's post and called it a clear instance of self-promotion. Could you please clarify what self-promotion means in this case, as I did not see her post that way (this is for future reference)? I saw her simply stating that she is one such therapist and sharing that in her opinion it does matter...It would be a different matter if she was blatantly trying to get clients. As it is, her post seems to merely state facts. Perhaps I am missing something?

 

[shimmerz]

For some reason I think they would better understand me. I feel so alone,

I feel like everyone is debating what a high IQ means or doesn't mean. To me this posting is about how having a high IQ can lead to isolation, misunderstanding, alienation, bullying etc. Which is exactly what looks like is being displayed in this posting. If the T the OP is longing for doesn't understand the issues of how high intelligence affects ones social life then how can this be addressed in therapy?

On the flip side, perhaps the OP should have asked just that question. Rather than tie the issue into IQ (which is looking like it is causing confusion), perhaps the question needs to be asked of the therapist as to what their experience is with people who are targeted socially because of their high academic intelligence and potentially low social and emotional intelligence.

 

[LuckyDuck]

A rich person gets their breakfast cooked for them, which they eat in bed, to then shower and put on their work clothes that were set out on their bed waiting for them. Ready for work, they get in their chauffeured car and read the newspaper to get up to date on current events. They are dropped off on time at work, and they get on with the rest of their day.

The poorer person will get up, make their own breakfast, probably burn the toast as they're also getting their bags ready to bring to work, as well as their lunches. They haphazardly listen to the radio. They shower, then go find clothes for the day and get dressed. They makes sure to leave earlier than usual as their bus that takes them to work was early the past two days in a row and they fear being late to work again. They make it just in time, and can't even sit down and read the newspaper because the bus is full and they're standing with a heavy backpack for a whole 30 minute trip. They arrive at their job on time, and they get on with the rest of their day.

Poverty effects on IQ is horrible. Why? Stress.

 

[StarChild]

I noticed that you said you reported Susan B's post and called it a clear instance of self-promotion. Could you please clarify what self-promotion means in this case,

Perhaps I am missing something?

Yes, you miss something; That part of her post, in which she put in an link, which led to her homepage, on which she was mostly and strongly advertising a book she wrote, got deleted from staff after I reported it. (When you look at her post, you can see, that it was edited by a moderator, at Janauary the 7th.)

It would be a different matter if she was blatantly trying to get clients.

That's exactly what she, in an aggressive way, tried to do...

 

[reallydown]

Oh ok. Thanks for elaborating.

 

[shimmerz]

@reallydown , @TreeHugger mentioned in an different posting as well that she looks on people's profile. If you look on the poster in questions profile you will notice she has no postings. This indicates to me that she is here to drum up business.