Comments on: Why Intelligent People Tend to Be Unhappy

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:44 +0000

I’ve come across many people who I feel aren’t that intelligent who get depressed, so I doubt this has any direct correlation to intelligence level. Maybe EQ, but not intelligence.

Depression can also stem from lack of nutrients in the body (one factor, not all factors).

Just my pov.

Thanks

Michelle

By: steven nelson

steven nelson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:53 +0000

I find it interesting that the sociologist states “Not enough study exists to quote on this subject”, because I did my Senior Capstone paper on whether or not intelligence is a good predictor of depression.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:36:51 +0000

I believe that are muli-variables involved in whether or not someone is “happy.” First, what exactly is “happy?” People are looking for a constant state, but it doesn’t exist. We have happy and unhappy moments. The percent of each varies from person to person, but it isn’t based just on IQ or even mostly IQ. Much has to do with how a person was raised. Are they overly critical of others? This is usually a learned behavior and contributes to more unhappy moments. Intelligent people can take their intelligence and learn how to be more accepting of those less intelligent. They need to be taught to appreciate their gift, but not expect others to be like they. Hope this helps a bit or pushes someone in the right direction. Embrace your talents, whatever they may be, and don’t expect others to be like you. Good luck.

By: jien jehn osuna

jien jehn osuna — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:00:50 +0000

in my opinion, intelligent people tend to become unhappy due to many factors. one is the family, some parents give their child a high expectation or what we often call high standards, as a result, the child tends to focus on his studies so that his parents would be pleased which oftentimes becomes the reason why he neglected to explore his social life. another is the peer factor, most of the time, an intelligent person is avoided by some because they feel that intelligent people were some kind of a boring person who dedicated his life on his studies, and that they cannot get along with the intelligent because they cannot match his abilities (that is what we call “insecurity”) the last one that i can mention is the self-problem, most of the time intelligent people wishes for more and more knowledge (thirst of knowledge) in which they neglect to notice that they were driven too much of this “curiosity”, which imply the situations wherein these people tend to exaggerate a simple problem.

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Intelligent people, I am challenging you!!

By: prabhu

prabhu — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:29:02 +0000

hai ..you all are idiots ..talking about intelligence ,to show your language skills.
Intelligence means living happily without conlflict in oneself and with others.

By: Nocona S.Lee

Nocona S.Lee — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:19:52 +0000

blessed hah its a burden a total and huge mess of a burden and somtimes i just dont want to take it any more T-T and i dont know where to go to go talk to some body theirs nothing to do and i need some major help pls somebody help me T_T pls somebody help me …

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By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:50:35 +0000

Intelligent people, defined by any one of the many intelligences human posseses, including, but not limited to intellectual intelligence, understand the more they learn the more untilligent they truely are, hence, if you were one of the above who proclaimed their intelligence, you actually just categorized yourself otherwise, I gues ignorance is bliss. I think the few simpleton articulations of what an intelligent person deals with in life highlights the frusterations that arise at the intersection of diffent complexities of minds and intelligence, moreso for the intelligent mind. This stream has just highlighted why simplicity and ignorance is bliss for me.

By: angiemoose

angiemoose — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:30:55 +0000

AMEN

By: Jivix

Jivix — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:59:59 +0000

If you want to help somebody out, use a nicer tone please. Harshness is completely unnecessary.