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Anxiety and high IQ are linked: http://www.livescience.com/36259-anxiety-linked-high-iq.html http://www.livescience.com/36259-anxiety-linked-high-iq.html so it
by nibs 10y ago
Anxiety and high IQ are linked: http://www.livescience.com/36259-anxiety-linked-high-iq.html http://www.livescience.com/36259-anxiety-linked-high-iq.html so it is possible (I am speculating) that by reducing anxiety, you are reducing IQ. Not everyone wants to be smart, but it is not a decision I would take lightly. I wonder if you could perform the opposite operation, jacking up anxiety and IQ...
- sbov 10y agoEven ignoring the whole "IQ = smart" thing, you can have a lower IQ and still have a high IQ.
- unimpressive 10y agoThis was not a well formulated sentence. I'll go ahead and clarify it some for other people reading and scratching their heads: >you can have a lower IQ and still have a high IQ You can lower your IQ and still have a high IQ. I.E going from 130 to 120 is different from going from 100 to 90.
- CuriouslyC 10y agoAs someone who has experienced this from the inside let me share with you exactly what is going on... A large part of anxiety is the result of basically running mental simulations of the world with "negative" assumptions. Thus, people who are better at cognitive simulation (i.e. high IQ) are naturally going to have a greater capacity for worry. That being said, if you train your mind to stop running simulations all the time (mindfulness) or just start running simulations with positive assumptions, that anxiety can be eliminated without any impact on intelligence whatsoever.