Everyone wants superphrenia
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Yeah I agree. I posted the OPās article in a thread where someone was claiming that Schizophrenia was a sign of intelligence. It simply isnāt. There are some smart schizophrenics but to claim that schizophrenics are some kind of savants because of their illness is misleading and a bit delusional. I think it is simply a case of wishful thinking.
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Hmm. . .
The Answer To My Question?.
Feel Free, Iāll Give You Time To Think About It.
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What was your question Slystic? I donāt have the time to try to go through your post and try to figure out what you are asking. Can you state your question in one sentence?
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Hmm. . .
I Can See Youāre Confused.
New Question!.
Are You Taking Your Medications?. (One Sentence). 
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None of your business but yes I am.
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By the way, Iām not confused about anything. You asked multiple questions. How the hell am I supposed to know what you are referring to.
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Iād trade a High IQ for peace of mind.
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Even if people with high intelligence are more likely to suffer from some kind of mental illness, that doesnāt mean in any way mental illnesses are diseases of high intelligence.
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I donāt know. I might be average or below average but I have severe negatives like I had dementia it felt likeā¦I went from understanding calculus pretty well (or so I thought) and abstract algebra (during or before prodromal) to getting Cs in math classes before my psychotic break in 2011. I couldnāt pass mathematical logic despite passing the initial tests. Probability was pretty rough too. I only passed because of a curve. I think my IQ was 120 and now itās like 110 max, but I never been tested so I just assume Iām stupid.
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This is undergrad math. Itās a dime a dozen these days. Nothing spectacular or to write home to mom about. Itās been 10 years of ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā and suffering and hell.
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I know things and I donāt know things. Iām not interested in comparison.
If Iām a genius, 
yay.
If Iām a dolt,yay.
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I mean I saw a guy on a documentary with sz who wasnāt smart enough to realize his family wasnāt killed and replaced by clones. How smart do you have to be to realize that people are the people who they are? Thatās pretty basic.
John Nash is super smart despite his sz, but his son is not. The more time I spend with this illness I feel like people like Nash are exceptions to the general rule. Iām definitely not as smart as I used to be, but I feel like I am average at least, because I had more intelligence to begin with. Instead of going from average to unintelligent, I went from smart to average, if that makes any sense. So I guess I should be grateful.
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So were the psychiatrists who initially wrote me off.
Helps to be a stubborn cuss.
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I remember him. Stuart Smalley
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Iām not saying anybody should be written off. Iām glad that you are thriving. I just donāt agree with those who try to say szās are somehow specially mentally gifted. The studies do not show that. Everyone is an individual case though.
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No, weāre just people like everyone else. If weāre gifted, itās in the sense that we were gifted with a few extra monkeys on our backs we have to deal with that ānormalā folks donāt.
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My IQ at about 15 was 116 or 117.
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I think itās a sign that youāre insecure about yourself to post your IQ scores. But I can definitely forgive someone whoās had their life devastated by sz for being insecure about themself.
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