IQ and stuff

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As I was a child and teen, I thought I am very smart.

While i am not: it still hurts; because so many people were praising me for being smarter than I actually was.

Today I believe my IQ is like 95-100. Some things like math, physics and other really comes super hard for me (these things need bigger brain)

Even at work new people seem to learn new things faster than I do.

So many years I believed I am genius when I am clearly not… :confused:

Idk the moral of the story is probably accepting yourself as you are: no better no worse

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Years ago my iq tested about 130

But last time I did one it was 80

Don’t think for me they’re that useful

Maybe I am just in denial that my mind has slowed

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IQ is not a big thing anymore for me.

The career I’m aspiring doesn’t require it.

Maybe if you want to be a civil engineer, mathematician or physicist it’s important.

Anyway, computers will be smarter IQ wise soon. So, it becomes less and less important as well.

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That’s probably very truth

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Same for me… I wish my care takers weren’t so encouraging lol… My younger self built an identity around that praise. Super difficult undoing all of that stuff

It’s a real problem for me still.

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I tested high as a child, over mensa level
But I doubt I could break 135 on a test now after chronic substance abuse and a half dozen psychotic breaks.
My brains just ain’t what they used to be.

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I wasn’t considered smart when I was growing up. Many people (mostly other kids) thought I’d amount to nothing.

I’m terrible at social stuff, math, and hard science (with little interest in working on them either :wink: ), but I’m very strong in other areas. Before I got injured (back problem), I was very talented at all kinds of athletic activities. Not teams sports, but dance-aerobics, martial arts, yoga, etc. I was praised a lot for art throughout my whole life, so I struggled with contingent self esteem for a long time (relying on external praise for self worth…I would make art just to get more praise).

I think I’m getting past that now. Yeah, I know I’m getting old and should have worked on this sooner. I’m a slow learner, I guess. I like to believe that I’m getting smarter as time goes by. I’m leveling up with the writing by reading how-to-write books. I want to be super good at it. I’ve learned so much from YouTube too. They have tutorials on everything! Knitting, art, crochet, writing, yoga, qigong, tai chai… I’ve got many new skills. :slight_smile:

I wish I had more interest in cooking, but I think maybe I worry about the money it takes to try new recipes, so I stick with some tried and true stuff (easy to make too).

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Sz can take a toll on our cognitive abilities. The only time my iq was tested he said I was average but thought my mental health effected the score and that I had a higher iq

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My IQ is probably very low. I can however fix computer and almost anything with wires.
As far as IQ, I thought I was really smart, but now I know from a IQ test when I was a child I’m a little below average.

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My IQ isn’t big but I’m happy and content and for me happiness is more important then being intelligent.

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I was 25 years old before I learned to spell IQ correctly.

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How did you used to spell it? Eye Queue perhaps :smiley:

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You lose 20-some points by age 70.

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I believe I scored 138 a few years ago. I don’t believe it though. IQ doesn’t measure all aspects of intelligence.

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Im probably at average, but ive never done it before except for the school ones back in primary school - but that was a long time ago

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Mine is like 90 post-SZ. Before that I have no idea.

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@anon8411913 Are you creative? Genius is about more than having a very high IQ. Indeed many with very high IQs aren’t geniuses.

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IQ is age adjusted.

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I know. They do, because people lose IQ points. I’d rather know the truth.

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It’s nothing to worry about, unless there’s a significant drop in age related intelligence. Non verbal ability declines sooner and more than verbal ability…

Variability in Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV Subtest Performance Across Age | Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology | Oxford Academic tables 1 to 4 are very informative.

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