For as long as I can remember, writing has never been my strong suit. Even at 25, I struggle to express my thoughts clearly and often have trouble writing more than a couple of hundred words.As a kid, I wasn't very social. According to my parents, I mostly observed conversations rather than joining in. Looking back, I don't think that helped my social development. Things got worse after I left school and gradually became a depressed recluse. I rarely leave the house and spend most of my time listening to music and watching YouTube videos. I don't voice chat, text people, or really socialize at all.I also don't read much or try to learn new things because I feel like my brain can't retain information. I'm constantly overthinking and obsessing over my intelligence, wondering whether I'm actually capable of learning and understanding things. My intelligence has become an intense fixation, and it's basically taken over my life.I don't consider myself smart. I lack a lot of what most people would consider common knowledge, and I often take longer than others to understand things. I don't know whether this is the result of depression, anxiety, or something else, but it's making my life miserable.Sorry if this post is a bit incoherent. I'm hoping someone can relate to what I'm experiencing and maybe offer some advice.
You should work on your other issues before considering iq at all.
>>34653261Intelligence isn't the measure of human worth. Morality is. You could be as dumb as a brick, but as long as you're honest, loyal, courageous, sympathetic and treat others fairly then anyone would be glad to know you and call you friend.
>>34653522in my language there is something called a useful goodwilling idiotif you're low iq even if you have the best intentions in mind you can be utilized by bad people very easily to do bad thingssee the numberless religious people that end up electing evil candidates in many countries in the world, they think they're good people but see the result of their stupidity.
>>34653529Then abstain from activities you don't feel confident in, such as voting, and focus on doing as much good as you can in the areas where there is no doubt. And in the event that you do make a mistake, you use that as a learning opportunity for the future, same as anyone else.
>>34653261>often have trouble writing more than a couple of hundred words.That's actually more than most people can manage.
>>34653261Nope. I am a silver-tongued guy myself, I have a way with words that can captivate others into listening, either by way of writing or spoken word. I can guarantee you that this is not a matter of intelligence, in fact I developed charisma precisely because of my lack of intelligence to compensate. Authentic intelligence is now about words it is about action. It's about problem solving. And problems cannot be talked out of existence, it requires a real and legitimately smart person to go out and solve the problem with two hands and a brain that can wrestle with reality, actual physical reality mind you, not the fantasyland of daydreams or thoughts.We currently live in a world where people who are good talkers are rewarded more than men of good actions. I have seen it time and time again, in workplaces, where the reticent quiet type of worker who does the most work is cast by the wayside and taken for granted, meanwhile the people who have the gift of gab and can talk, they get all of the benefits of reputation and admiration and presumed to be competent... Yet their actual work shows incompetence. It's fucking insane. And what's worse is that same type of guy, the meek and quiet type who works hard and is truly smart with his physical actions, the actually intelligent man, he spends a life feeling he is stupid. All because his words weren't pretty. Personally I think that's not evidence of stupidity, it's evidence of the world being a fucked up place. Intelligence is not about being pro-social or speaking well. It's about actually solving physical problems, concerning greater reality, not the whims of people or their speech.
>>34653261Intelligence has many dimensions. Verbal ability is one; but you can be a talented mathematician without being brilliant with words, or be a talented visual artist without being a talented writer.
