NWT:
took a couple of IQ tests and scored 174 when I was 16 on the Cattell and 181 on Stanford Binet when I was 19.On the flip side I have no common sense whatever, I can be very shy and can only be the witty, gregarious guy some people know when I invent myself a character to be and live inside it until it becomes impossible to carry on the pretense (sociopathic tendencies maybe?). I can sometimes come across as arrogant and have never had a proper relationship or held onto a job for any period of time without quitting out of boredom or frustration. I am seeing a psychiatrist and am on anti-depressants.
I am a greater part stupid than clever and my life has been more failure than triumph. I either wish I could have been an ordinary kid or had more encouragement to fulfill the potential I maybe had rather than devoting all my energies to 12 dudes in Brooklyn.
Sorry for jabbering on, I'm a bit drunk on Glayva hic!
It's good stuff though
You sum up what I've observed from the brainy-acts I've known in my life. It seems a huge burden to bear being smarter than the majority of people, boredom and frustration is the norm and numbing out on substances to calm the brain down as well.
I am content to be of average IQ and am glad to have some pretty smart people in my life who I can ask the harder questions to get an answer I may need, figuring out what the heck they say is a different story.....and www.Webster is my friend!
I took an emotional IQ and intelligent IQ combined test for college and came out equal on both, just an average Josephine and I'm O.K. with that assessment some day I may even live up to it.