I Think Intelligence Can Cause Depression and Isolation Stories of Experiences

My internal torments go far beyond my past experiences. I am wracked with a burden of knowledge, intellect, and an estrangement from my fellow man. I will never fit in with them, although being alone in my solitude is often a blessing...

I was a very existential child even in my early formative years. I asked my mother at the age of 3 where we came from because I had traced my mom>grandparents>great-grandparents>great-great-grandparents et al. And realized that at some...

You can either have a life of meaning and never be fully happy because you understand the world. Or you can have a life of happiness because you're unaware of the ways of the world. At least in a meaningful life you have the opportunity...

People do every thing to never learn. they hate discovering things because they would have to learn about it. They kill people who will tell the truth about things. Just so they can have everyone believe they are not right.

When you...

today ive gone from being ok to being angry to feeling low

anyone experience this?

any hints on how to avoid such negative affirmations?

Maybe the reason people feel different is because they are different. So in my quest to figure out why I have a soul, and most people I deal with are soulless zombies, I researched blood types. I am rhesus negative which some people...

I wish I could go back in time. Stop myself from seeking truth, halt my questioning nature, redefine my conditioning. My desire for truth and understanding has left a gaping hole in my life that no amount of information can fill...

In my life and in my background, it is so hard to find someone like me.. to find where I belong besides my family...

Yeah, been in a great school for those who can get into it.. but the heck, people there all do is socialize and likes...

It is my experience that those with intelligence often pursue truth and knowledge. Knowledge is power, as we all know. But it comes at a price. You reach a stage where you know too much, or rather know more than you initially wanted to...

i wish i was one

i wish i was smarter then i could get a job ,some money, maybe a girlfriend and possibly a future

other times i feel intelligent but know i lack emotional or social intelligence and wish i was whole and not defective...

"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied..."

And some things considered to be intelligent seems lifeless

I was thrilled to learn that this site really existed. I decided to join in the hope of corresponding with people of like mind.I am seeking an open minded woman that would entertain the prospect for a long term adult nursing...

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."

Sometimes, I think maybe I should act dumb and stupid, just so those around me can feel better about themselves. Any attempt to display my intelligence (which at the time I see as common sense knowledge), like I might just contribute a...

I have been a member of this group since 1972. In that time I have witnessed several suicides in my own local group. Don't idolize intelligence; it is as much a curse as anything else. Most of my friends were part of the Veal study...

One of my many teachers taught me that knowledge is symbolic to the number 1. He said knowledge (
1. The state or fact of knowing.
2. Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study) is the foundation of...

And it's tough, being able to connect-the-dots and perceive
what may be a more -real- reality than folks who don't (can't?)
think like we do are able to comprehend. They're too busy doing...
whatever it is keeps them busy and...

I think I'm an intelligent guy. I have an amazing gift of understanding so many things- yet one person says the wrong thing to me - and bang! I'm instantly feeling low .....

I worry about everything, and can't stop worrying, and the...

Almost every smart person gets bullied when their small. Because they're not like everyone else, or how we think people are supposed to be. When we're kids we don't know better. So the smart people get bullied and then I guess it just...