I'm a lot more clear-headed today so let's see.
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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
So you were given an IQ test to see if you qualified for the Gifted Program as a toddler? I'm assuming that was when you were 5 or 6 and entering Kindergarten?
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Actually, no. It was more of a development assessment when I was about two. There were a lot of complications when I was born so I was being evaluated to see that I was developing properly (I was perfectly fine). Apparently the only reason the testing couldn't go any further was because I couldn't read yet. It wasn't just IQ, there were motor tests and other things.
We didn't have any gifted programs where I lived, not in the schools at least. There's a university-sponsored program for gifted math students, but math was always me weakest subject.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Arch-Vile
I just came here by chance, I see that your still struggling with the same issue of IQ.
What excatly would you be doing differently if you had a higher IQ than what you are already doing now? What big mystery is it that you want to figure out.
Like when I see and read your posts I think they are the most well put together things that I think you could write an awesome book. And that isn't just to be nice, that's to be honest.
The impression you have me under is that your carrying on about something you probably do even realize you already have.
Forgive me if any of this sounded callous.
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You're not the first person to tell me I should write a book. The problem is I need something to write about.
I guess I keep thinking intelligence is the key to success. Real, substantial success, not just a big paycheck and nice material things, but actually producing something of value.
I keep thinking if I could be confident in a higher IQ or just higher, unquantified intelligence I could do, intellectually, whatever I want. I wouldn't have to compare myself all the time and feel like a failure. I'd be more ideal in my own evaluation and wouldn't have to feel inferior.
That's about it, I think.
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Originally Posted by leroysavoy
Never stop learning. Our stress our depression comes from the failure to adapt to distress (emotional stress). When you stay comfortable, you actually do more harm than good. You kill your neuroplasiticty in your brain and fill your body with cortisol.
Instead, don't try to get happiness but see your depression as vitality which means gives you strength.
My reply was all over the place. Just wanted to jog your brain. Hope this helps  |
I'd like to know more about this "depression as vitality" thing. Seems counterintuitive.
EDIT: I was scrolling through some stuff and I found some examples for how I use identification with certain traits to determine that I'm not intelligent. It largely consists of how conventional and non-analytical I am, naturally (I mentioned I've been learning it...but all the things gifted people figure out on their own I've had to be told, and in some cases I don't fully believe). Without guidance or the presence of people who do, I would never question anything, ever. If that doesn't prove how intelligent I'm not, I'm not sure what else does.