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Old Oct 25, 2019, 05:17 PM
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Hyper Brain, Hyper Body: The Trouble With High IQ - Neuroscience News

Hyper Brain / Hyper Body: The Trouble with High IQ

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A new study in the journal Intelligence reports that highly intelligent people have a significantly increased risk of suffering from a variety of psychological and physiological disorders.
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Karpinski and her colleagues developed a hyper brain / hyper body theory of integration. It posits that individuals with high cognitive ability react with an overexcitable emotional and behavioral response to their environment. Due in part to this increased awareness of their surroundings, people with a high IQ then tend to experience an overexcitable, hyperreactive central nervous system.
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“If high intelligence was not a risk factor for these diseases and disorders, we would see a similar prevalence rate between the two groups,” explains Audrey Kinase Kolb, co-author. “However, in this study, the Mensa population had significantly higher rates across the board. For example, just over 10% of the US has a diagnosed anxiety disorder, compared to 20% for Mensans. For these conditions, having a high intelligence is related to having between 2 to 4 times the chance of having a diagnosis compared to the average American.”
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“While falling within the extreme right tail of the Bell Curve is generally touted as a ‘gift’ leading to exceptional outcomes, this is not always the case,” says Karpinski. Those with high IQ possess unique intensities and overexcitabilities which can be at once both remarkable and disabling on many levels.
I'm wondering if anyone here can relate to this. I've been diagnosed Bipolar, but believe I also fall into this range of hyper brain / hyper body. To date I haven't found anyone who feels that they share the same problem.
Thanks for this!
*Beth*