10 Problems Only Smart People Have (Highly Intelligent People Problems)

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We all know a couple of people who really exceed when it comes to their cognitive abilities - their intelligence, that is. Smart people regularly start displaying their intelligence early on in their lives and always show tremendous potential to shape the world we live in and to better the world for all the people in it.   However, being a highly intelligent person doesn’t always come without some drawbacks. Intelligence and general health, social success, and even financial success do not always perfectly correlate. As a matter of fact, a lot of highly intelligent people struggle with a wide variety of issues, including some physical ailments and psychological problems that they are more likely to develop than some other groups of people, like stress, anxiety, and problems with socialization.

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00:00we all know a couple of people who really exceed when it comes to their cognitive abilities their

00:10intelligence that is smart people regularly start displaying their intelligence early on

00:14in their lives and always show tremendous potential to shape the world we live in and

00:18to better the world for all the people in it however being a highly intelligent person doesn't

00:24always come without some drawbacks intelligence and general health social success and even financial

00:30success do not always perfectly correlate as a matter of fact a lot of highly intelligent people

00:36struggle with a wide variety of issues including some physical ailments and psychological problems

00:42that they are more likely to develop than some other groups of people like stress anxiety and problems

00:49with socialization hey everybody welcome to psychology element in this video we are going

00:54to be listing 10 problems only smart people have make sure to watch until the end of the video because

01:00the information presented in this video may help you become more familiar with some struggles that

01:05smart people have and that you yourself may experience number one smart people have a greater

01:12likelihood of developing mental illness in an article from 2018 titled high intelligence a risk factor for

01:20physical and physiological over excitabilities that summarized results of a study in which participants

01:27were asked to self-report presence of both diagnosed and suspected mental health disturbances including mood and

01:34anxiety disorders attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd an autism spectrum disorder

01:42asd found a remarkably high relative risk ratio for all these conditions as confirmed among mensa group

01:492015 data when compared to the national average statistics this implicates that high iq people are at

01:56larger risk for developing affective disorders adhd and autism spectrum disorders than people with average

02:03levels of intelligence number two intelligent people tend to overanalyze things it is a well-known fact that

02:11highly intelligent people tend to be overly analytical toward themselves and the external world psychologists

02:18have proposed multiple theories as to why that is the case but the largely accepted one is the so-called

02:24hyperbrain hyperbody theory of integration formulated by karpinski and her colleagues this theory asserts that

02:32highly intelligent people tend to respond to internal and external stimuli with over excitable behavior what does

02:39overexcitable behavior mean people with overexcitable behavior as a response to their inner worlds and

02:46surroundings tend to get into highly intense physiological states that cause them to overanalyze

02:51things for example they may dwell on some other person's words for far longer looking for implied meanings

02:58hidden connotations and deeper motivations than most other people would number three highly intelligent people

03:05are exhaustingly perfectionistic over excitability of smart people extends to their tendency to engage

03:11in overly investigative behavior and their desire to make decisions choices and solutions to problems

03:18that are as close to perfect as possible this leads them down the path of engaging in overly detailed analysis

03:25of every single choice they make and endlessly and pointlessly ponder whether they could have made a better one

03:32this kind of behavior results in intense stress over sometimes trivial decisions that are not as

03:37complicated as to require deep thought and leave the intelligent person filled with unnecessary self-doubt

03:44and constant second guessing number four smart people are more prone to certain physical health issues

03:51than other people not only are intelligent individuals at risk for developing mental health symptomatology

03:58they are also more likely to develop some physical ailments research conducted by ruth karpinski and

04:04colleagues is aligned with the conclusions of the psychologist dabrowski that says more intelligent

04:09people are at significant risk for developing some physical illnesses than the general populations

04:16especially those illnesses that can be traced back to increased and prolonged exposure to stress

04:22dabrowski's research links the aforementioned over excitability of above average people with the

04:27occurrence of stress which then triggers physiological changes in the body that result in various

04:33physical illnesses the most common of which are autoimmune dysregulation such as asthma allergies and

04:40autoimmune disease number five intelligent people are highly aware of their own deficiencies this trait of

04:48smart people may sound like an advantage which it can be but it can also be a major setback charles darwin

04:55once stated ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge this phenomenon where highly

05:02intelligent people doubt their own abilities is often termed the dunning-kruger effect which is a

05:07cognitive bias where highly skilled and competent people tend to underestimate their competence and

05:12knowledge whereas less competent people tend to overestimate their abilities for more on the dunning-kruger

05:18effect we highly recommend you check out our other video 19 psychological facts that will blow your mind

05:25the unfortunate result of this effect is that highly skilled and intelligent people doubt everything

05:31including their own skills which leaves them vulnerable to unfounded self-doubt and possible

05:36avoidance of any constructive decision making making them ironically less efficient enjoying the video so

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05:50smarter and it's free number six smart people are more prone to stress than other people

05:57both aforementioned researchers karpinski and dobrowski have pointed out how highly intelligent people can

06:03become extremely stressed out stress in these individuals is a result of pondering on every aspect of problems

06:10they encounter their perfectionism and their tendency to play out every single scenario in their heads which leads to higher stress levels

06:18number seven intelligent individuals are burdened by high expectations from both themselves and other people

06:26from the moment they start overachieving in elementary school smart people are expected even

06:31demanded to maintain that level of excellence and are often reminded that they could always do better

06:38they often internalize these expectations and demands and start experiencing intense psychological

06:44even physical discomfort when they fail or feel as if they failed to achieve them many people assume

06:50that these gifted individuals are like machines that are capable of delivering their best performance

06:56on demand regardless of their psychological or physical state psychological research has demonstrated that

07:03higher expectations from teachers and parents can often lead children to achieve academic success but overly

07:09critical attitudes and excessively high expectations can produce the opposite effect number eight smart

07:17individuals are more easily distracted according to psychiatrist dr ned hollowell the most intelligent people

07:25often find themselves in situations where they are required to choose between competing solutions and ideas

07:31which leads to greater distractibility as a result of the paralyzing fear of choosing the wrong one

07:37this results in according to dr hollowell a feeling of inadequacy and inability to deal with the multiple possible

07:44decisions and choices especially in the workplace and the workload as a whole

07:50number nine intelligent people can feel intense discomfort in large mixed groups of people a substantial

07:57proportion of smart people may seem like introverts in large social circles even if they are not actually

08:03introverts they may not be shy socially awkward or socially inhibited in any significant way what they often feel

08:11is as though they simply can't share a lot of their often incredible diverse interests or engage in profound

08:17conversations about many topics that interest them this can prove to be extremely frustrating for these

08:23individuals leaving them to feel not understood or unable to connect to people who do not share their

08:28preference for intellectual conversations also since they are sharp and observant they may pick up on little

08:35things that many people would easily miss like someone's fake smile or other gestures that seem less than genuine

08:41which may annoy them and deter them from wanting to participate in social activities that don't fulfill

08:47their needs and cause them feelings of discomfort frustration or boredom number 10 highly intelligent

08:54people tend to worry more than the average person a study conducted by a team of researchers led by

09:00psychiatrist jeremy copeland who is also the lead author of a study published in frontiers of evolutionary

09:07psychology claims that worrying which is thought of as a maladaptive trait meaning that it prevents the

09:14ability to properly adjust to the environment or the particular situation has been found to be linked

09:19with something that is very adaptive intelligence this and some other studies seem to indicate that worrying

09:27even though it may be thought of as maladaptive is linked to increased attention to details and consideration

09:33of many potential scenarios even the less pleasant ones which is also a core trait of people with high

09:40intelligence so this was our list of 10 problems only smart people have did this sound like you or

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