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Feeling like a savant and worries of delusion of grandeur

NAS73676

I feel like a savant based on my restricted interests, is this normal? I don't mean to sound like I have delusion of grandeur, but that is this core symptom of ASD that I experience.

I am sorry for being worried that I have delusion of grandeur, some people will think how insane I am if I tell them that I am ten times more intelligent than them.

That is why it is very hard to tell the difference between restricted interests and Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

I am sorry that I said that, but some symptoms of ASD looks very similar to NPD by observation.

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  • The delusion of grandeur sounds like a trait of narcissism, but I suppose things are not as simple as that. 

    When you tell others that you are ten times more intelligent than them, is that based on pure logic and rationality, or is it because you want to put them down? And if you think you are more intelligent, is that in correspondance with your interests, or do you think you are more intelligent at everything compared to them?

  • in reply to Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

    I can come off as rude, but my motive is not meant to put people down. I am only very intelligent at my restricted interests, but other than that, I know my limits. 

    Its usually based on my pure logic.

  • in reply to NAS73676

    Intelligence quotients go from around 40 to 160 in everyday life. If you believe in them, that is. Most people have an IQ in the middle of that range. Is an IQ of 110 double    that of 100? Not in my maths, though I suppose you could be twice as intelligent.

    Perhaps you might do well to separate intelligence, education and information. Especially with special interests Autistic people have lots of information, and might  know 1000 times another person about something.

     But what about other types of intelligence, such as social intelligence, understanding of myself, awareness of my body, and feelings , and location in time and space?

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  • in reply to NAS73676

    Intelligence quotients go from around 40 to 160 in everyday life. If you believe in them, that is. Most people have an IQ in the middle of that range. Is an IQ of 110 double    that of 100? Not in my maths, though I suppose you could be twice as intelligent.

    Perhaps you might do well to separate intelligence, education and information. Especially with special interests Autistic people have lots of information, and might  know 1000 times another person about something.

     But what about other types of intelligence, such as social intelligence, understanding of myself, awareness of my body, and feelings , and location in time and space?

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