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Originally Posted by ScientiaOmnisEst
I've calmed down a lot and regained a little hope after just stepping away and reevaluating some plans.
I know I say stuff that can be kind of...inflammatory, like intelligence being the main source of a person's worth. That's not completely accurate thought - it's a watered down way of saying I've always seen intelligence as the main source of my own worth. I'm not sure how to understand it any other way: if I'm stupid, I'm nothing. I guess it's a bit more politically correct, less whiny-sounding, to make a generalization rather than discuss a personal cognitive distortion.
So far most attempts to remedy said distortion don't really work: it doesn't make sense to me, on an intuitive level, to say that intelligence doesn't matter or development speed is meaningless. I end up lapsing back into the same beliefs and making all kinds of convoluted plans to "fix" myself and become/appear more intelligent. :/
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Have you ever thought of looking at intelligence in different ways? I was doing care giving work with an adult with Downs. This person was so intuitively, emotionally intelligent. He seemed to be able to read my heart. He could tell what I was feeling even if I thought I was hiding my feelings. I really appreciated this and it made me both trust being around this person, and it was also a great comfort. I have been around other people with great jobs and lots of education and have been surprised at how little they could read emotions or even communicate clearly. It helps me to look at intelligence differently. (Some people think horses are quite dumb but I find them so emotionally intelligent its scary!)