Published on 12, July, 2020
Or are you like me? Expecting at any moment to be outed as an intellectual fraud. It's an area of high,possibly pathological,insecurity for me. I think it connects to the bullying related trauma. Being treated as a lesser person by my school age contemporaries, especially as a teenager.
Well, yes. I can consistently get well above average in any decent (not Facebook clickbait) intelligence test. Emotionally Intelligent - probably not. Street smarts = probably not. My intelligence is one of the few things that I can be totally confident about.
It is obvious from reading your posts - whether I agree with you or not - whether I'm like you or not - that you are an intelligent person. I don't think this is a good use of your resources to get worried about. I don't think anyone can take this away from you.
Street smarts= definitely not. Emotionally intelligent = same as you. I've done tons of tests, some better than others. It's like there's a gremlin in my head repeatedly saying 'need more proof. You got lucky on that one.'
OK you clearly do have issues - but they are not about not being intelligent.
You ARE intelligent - it's bl o o dy obvious!
I don't have an overly strong sense of self identity. That doesn't help when you've been described as rather dull witted by some, and a genius by others.
It's not that important. I want to come back as a well loved dog and the brightest of them are as intelligent as an average human 3 year old.
It has become an obsession with you. Easier said than done, but I suggest you move on. You are already exactly as intelligent as you are. New evidence is not going to make you any thicker or brighter.