Many of us have academic success because we are very intelligent. lots of career opportunities and that’s why we think it means more money. But can a lot of intelligence really bring happiness?

There are situations where people with high IQs who have achieved many successes in life share the same characteristics. In this article, we will solve the comparison between highly intelligent people and diseases such as depression and anxiety. Contrary to what we all know not easy at all We often hear the name of these diseases lately.

Let’s see what these two mental disorders, which are at the forefront of the psychological diseases of our time, actually mean.

Anxiety is an emotion we often experience when things go wrong in our lives. In an anxiety disorder, that is, fear; even if there is no real reason feels constantly anxious. Even with this anxious, anxious mood situations that can’t handle it can come.

Depression or major depressive disorder; someone’s sad mood continual Get on and losing interest in many things around him.

Existential depression, one of the types of depression; of the person of the search for meaning in life It was born from the inability to find answers to the deep questions it poses about life. This is where the war of the over-intelligent people, who are our protagonists, begins at this point.

High IQ paves the way for anxiety and depression

Published in Science Direct in a scientific study† It found that people with an IQ above 130 were more prone to mental illness.

This study on the susceptibility of highly intelligent people to mental disorders was conducted with 3,715 members of the American Mensa. Mensa, the International Association for the Gifted and Talented; familiar largest and oldest It is a high IQ community.

Highly intelligent people are 2 times more likely to get mental illness than other people!

When you walk down the street, you have less than a 10% chance of encountering a person with anxiety, compared to members of the American Mensa community. at the level of 20%.

Again, as a result of psychological testing conducted with American Mensa participants, the participants such as depression and bipolar in 26.7% He was found to have mental disorders. While people with such mental illness make up about 10% of society, 26.7% is not an insignificant percentage.

What does mental illness have to do with intelligence?

Highly intelligent people are involved in many events and life-related events. to deep problems does not remain indifferent. In other words, in addition to our everyday superficial problems, they grapple with various question marks.

In this adventure that started in childhood, kids with high IQ even at that age; like how a person adds meaning to the world, why people say things they don’t mean, why hypocrites do it to questions we haven’t thought of they are concerned.

Although they want to talk to those around them and fill in the blanks in their minds, they don’t get the reactions they expect from the environment and often encounter strange looks. question marks not responding Highly intelligent people are more likely to experience existential depression over time.

As result; people with higher IQs, who are more self-conscious than other people, are at risk of developing depression and anxiety. more than other people familiar. Of course, this does not mean that everyone who suffers from anxiety or depression is too smart.

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