SteelMaiden wrote:
I have an IQ of 160 which apparently means that I am a 1 in 30,000 individual in terms of how commonly this IQ arises. Otherwise known as 4 standard deviations away from the mean.
But I don't "feel" the intelligence.
Am I "used to it"?
Because people around me tell me how intelligent I am. And I came in the top 250 teenagers in the UK in a national mathematical olympiad. I'm also known for my ability to retain huge volumes of information. I skipped 80% of my maths lessons throughout secondary school yet I got 98% in my mathematics A-level (I sadly couldn't do A-level further maths officially because my stupid school wouldn't let me do 5 A-levels, but I taught it to myself anyway), and 96% average in my other A-levels biology, chemistry and physics.
Let me stop boasting.
I am said by psychiatrists, psychologists, teachers etc etc that I am highly intelligent. But I really cannot feel it.
Does anyone else share this?
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But I really cannot feel it.
I'd venture to say that maybe you, being in touch with the disabled side of the coin, eclipses the bright and burning other side.
A split that you see, but others may not, or may not see them in their entirety, e.g.
executive functioning-- inability to plan to achieve goals, etc.
People can jump on the praise bandwagon when there is cleverness shown, say with math, along with your other achievements. One or two areas of brilliance, can evoke the notion of a pervasive universality of "intelligence."
Barring clinical depression, I believe one can accurately 'feel' or gauge their overall ability. People with strengths in most areas
know it.
You got me beat by 2 deviations, and I've heard similar. Do I feel this "ability?" Not really. My executive side or executive IQ is probably below average from the 'mean,' it's a noticeable limiting factor--most apparent
to me.
Last edited by Mdyar on 15 Sep 2011, 10:29 am, edited 1 time in total.