Does the "Intelligent people are more depressed" meme have any basis in reality?
Is there any real science to back up the idea?
Does the "Intelligent people are more depressed" meme have any basis in reality?
Bentley Cruz
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Jose James
something something extremely smart something can't relate to people who are x standard deviations below you in intelligence something something
Angel Myers
>"Is there any real science to BLACK up the idea?"
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Benjamin Rivera
Yeah because they have to answer stupid questions like this all day.
Cooper Smith
They don't have to. They choose to. You're simply stupid too.
Joshua Wilson
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Isaac Wright
Probably more to do with being singled out as "gifted" from a young age, which might work to isolate them for one, as well as reinforcing feelings of mental superiority that would carry over into emotional superiority ("I feel more deeply than others", etc.)
>source: former "gifted" child
Ryan Parker
Nope, it's probably the opposite: intelligent, logical people have more realistic expectations and understand how to act and build relationships in a way that fosters life satisfaction and happiness.
Gavin Morris
Being smart so you realize all the nice stuff you miss out on can be bad for health. If you're retarded maybe most of those things would just fly over your head and you would be happily unaware of them.
Levi Martin
Depression is associated with low IQ.
So all you "I'm depressed because i'm so smart" fags can go be an hero.
Zachary Jackson
Blindly trusting what people write anonymously online is probably also associated with low IQ.
William Kelly
rigorously and unambiguously define intelligence and depression .
Lucas Gutierrez
Depression is associated with lack of motivation and underachieving. Can you use your generously high IQ to derive anything from that?
Wyatt Clark
I'm not OP but I guess most definitions would have depression to include symptoms of underachieving and lack of motivation and intelligence to be what is measured by a test of some sort.
Bentley Gonzalez
You are smart, then you realise there is nothing to live for, nothing that makes sense in thes infinite universe, whats even the point in all of this? What can you do when everything can be expressed whith chemistry and this with physics?
Benjamin Young
no
In fact depression is most often found in the mentally retarded
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Intelligent people also do more drugs and have more sex
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Adrian Robinson
In my own and my friends experiences with depression, yes. But that's obviously anecdotal and not necessarily accurate as a whole
David Jackson
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Semi related.
Jose Carter
Nope. It's same kind of lie as "great personality".
Kayden Long
I think there's probably something to it. Intelligent people are likely thinking about the world's problems more often than the average problem, because intelligent people will try to figure out solutions instead of just saying, "it can't be helped" and moving on with their lives like the average joe would.
Intelligent people are usually not entertained or interested in the same sorts of things the average person is, making socialization considerably harder. This is something I experience from time to time... while I'm looking for enthralling conversation about space exploration or the origins of humanity most people just want to talk about the upcoming sportsball game or the latest game of thrones episode. That gap can be hard to close.
Cameron Bennett
>average problem
*average person
Sebastian Nelson
intelligent people have their existential crisis much earlier in life, and it is a lot easier at this point in time. short term yes, long term definitely no
Parker Cruz
that's the basic argument in favor of the idea that intelligent people are more burdened.
being in a blissful state is easier, but it also comes with an unconscious understanding that you are lacking as a result of this state. I'd theorize that most people who are unhappy about a generally decent/good situation are in the process of unconsciously realizing they could be more than how they act and behave. It's just a matter of identifying you could be more and striving to honestly attain a higher state of living/thought.
Zachary Johnson
can confirm.
Its a weird contradiction between being told you are better than everyone else but that you are not at the same time
Daniel Bennett
They don't derive happiness from the same things as other people.
They're also saddened by things that other people would be unaffected by.
A difference in spectrum than your own make it easy to notice. If you're sad, you don't notice other people who are sad. If you're happy, you tend to only notice the un-happy people.
Smart people tend to have a far more objective look on reality and are thus forced to do a little more mental gymnastics to be happy, but meh.
A lot of the time happiness gets viewed as overrated and just a state of being that may or may not be immediately beneficial to the situation and is never the goal of any one event.
Jaxson Nelson
No
Jackson Gomez
Brandon Ross
rigorously and unambiguously define gravity.
checkmate STEMfag