Name: Why Smart People Struggle - 8 Emotional Challenges of Intelligence
Uploaded: 2023-07-30T18:45:00+00:00
Duration: 10 min 1 s
Description: Here are the emotional challenges highly intelligent people often face. Yes, smart people struggle, too. In fact, being smart brings with it a whole host of challenges. Intelligent people have a natur

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Here are the emotional challenges highly intelligent people often face. Yes, smart people struggle, too. In fact, being smart brings with it a whole host of challenges. Intelligent people have a naturally curious mind, and that's great, but it can also cause them to be anxious. They're always thinking, and sometimes too much thinking can make them feel like they’re not doing enough. But that’s not all. There are a lot more “high IQ problems” these gifted individuals have to deal with.

Many highly intelligent people are also highly sensitive, meaning they are very aware of what's going on around them, so much so that they might get stressed out by things that other people wouldn't even notice. And they're often perfectionist and find themselves under pressure to succeed and achieve goals beyond those of most other people, which can lead them to feel overwhelmed or unable to cope with everything going on around them.

So, if you are intelligent yourself or if you know an intelligent person or a genius who seems to be struggling with things like anxiety, depression, or impostor syndrome, these video may shed some light on the underlying reasons.