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Be very skeptical about wearing mental disorders as honor badges. I was a higher-than-average IQ kid, but it wasn't because of greater intelligence, but because

Be very skeptical about wearing mental disorders as honor badges. I was a higher-than-average IQ kid, but it wasn't because of greater intelligence, but because I was introvert, and introvert hobbies usually make you score better at traditional IQ tests. I said "was" because I don't think I'm more intelligent than average. Personally, I think IQ tests are bogus because the more you take, the higher your IQ becomes. It's not your intelligence that grows, but your understanding of what IQ tests expect of you.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Be very skeptical about wearing mental disorders as honor badges. I was involved with online support groups. These were not people looking for bragging rights. They were people trying to make their lives work and finding that their differences were a significant social burden that was often threatening to outright ruin their lives. One point of clarification: I don't have a mental disorder. I have a genetic disorder, which is a serious medical condition. My original assertion was that there is some evidence that some genetic disorders correspond to higher IQ. I stand by that. The detail about the more well established pattern that issues like OCD are known to be a problem for people with extremely high IQs was introduced to rebut the idea that the lives of "smart people" are globally better in every way from that of "average people." But replies focusing on that seem to be moving the goal posts, which makes it difficult to meaningfully engage.