Question #4379: Excess Intelligence

You don't have an intelligence problem, you have an attitude problem. Change your attitude about other people and work on your social and emotional intelligence, which can be severely handicapped even if you are a "genius" in other ways. You can improve this with experience.

Your inflated ego is also going to be an obstacle when it comes to relating with others. There is joy to be found in everyday, little things, including hobbies and seeing how others experience life. When you begin to understand this, new doors will open for you.

When you relate with people who are better than you, including things other than IQ tests or academia, you will also get the opportunity to learn humility. Find people who are better than you so that you can learn and grow.

If this is beyond you then there is the option of finding people in university. You don't have a right to judge university if you haven't even completed high school, let alone the fact that you never entered university, and there is almost always much more to people than you see on the surface without knowing them, so it is not fair to judge them either.

Fix your attitude and get off your high horse. You have to step outside of your ego protective bubble and challenge your perception of reality. Otherwise it's going to be very lonely inside that massive cranium of yours.

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I don't want to sound arrogant, but I am too intelligent. My IQ is around 173-183.

Y'know those guy's who are so tall they can barely walk straight and are practically disabled. That's how it feels. It is debilitating.

I don't want to say it's a curse, but it is not far off. It's sort of like walking into the special Ed class full of all the down syndrome people, except you're forced to be a part of their class permanently.

I also dropped out of high school, so Uni isn't really an option. And even if it was, modern-day universities are not a place for high-quality learning.

I don't know what to do. The lack of social ability, inability to relate to others and non-interest in their hobbies has made it impossible to integrate myself into society. And I'm not even sure I want to, which adds to the problem. Because most of the "culture" and "people" I see around me are the definition of filth of which I do not wish to surround myself. It only makes me angry to see them and their appaling behaviour.

The solution to this problem has eluded me for a long time. Please could you offer your advice.

No matter how smart you are, it is very important to develop social skills and sociability, even if you do not like to communicate with people and see all their stupidity.

Individuals like you tend to suffer silently in the world. You observe your mundane being, and you don't recognize yourself in the mass.
Through meditation you will achieve your redemption. Be brave.