For people in modern society, anxiety, depression has become a high-frequency vocabulary, everything can be pulled on depression or anxiety, so there are also a lot of network terms, such as I network cloud suppression, I emo, I am autistic, etc., but where the Internet surf these words will definitely appear, it is not difficult to find that this seems to be an era of individual "depression", everyone is worried about their mental illness, today this article will come to talk to you about "mental illness".
I don't know if you have seen such a study, the United States Peize College surveyed a member called Mensa Club, these members are nearly 4,000 people, study the mental and psychological conditions of these people, such as whether anxiety, depression, autism and other negative emotions, the final results show that: among them, there are 20 percent of people with depression and anxiety disorders, and this 20 percent of people have an IQ of more than 130, which belongs to the high IQ group, and the general IQ group. Only 10 percent of people suffer from depression and anxiety.
A simple sentence is that people with high IQ are more likely to suffer from mental illness.
Aren't mentally ill people crazy? Can this also be regarded as a high IQ?
There are many kinds of mental illness, some patients are more serious, so the behavior will look more "crazy", so people do not understand, but they are not always in such a state, there will be normal times, and not everyone with mental illness will behave uncontrollably.
So it must be clarified that mental illness does not mean that it is crazy, this is a very big misunderstanding, there is a book called "Genius on the Left, Crazy on the Right" The main content of the story is a group of geniuses with high IQ, but in the hospital to treat mental illness, many people will have a feeling after reading this book that is very much in agreement with their remarks.
So why are high-IQ patients prone to mental illness?
Put simply: they're too smart.
The vast majority of people with mental illness we encounter in life, such as: depression, anxiety. Most of them are due to family, work, and study, so they will have symptoms of depression and anxiety, and finally their emotions will not be alleviated and mental illness will occur.
So it is reasonable to say that high-IQ patients are so smart will not always appear these troubles, a little use of the brain, you can easily solve things, whether it is work or study can be easily obtained, and because of this, so increase their troubles, because they are too easy to get, so there will be a sense of emptiness.
People with a sense of emptiness often can't find the direction of life, they will easily feel that life is too boring, the heart will feel empty, at the same time people will feel powerless and helpless, at this time, if you do not find something you are interested in, it is easy to make people fall into deeper negative emotions, and finally cause mental illness.
And the smarter the person, the more tired they are
Why? Because people with high IQs have more complex interpersonal relationships, and at the same time, they see many things too thoroughly, and their way of thinking is often very complicated, always unconsciously have a lot of ideas, the brain can't stop, think or not understand, keep thinking, until they want to understand.
As just mentioned, they look at things too thoroughly, whether it is people or things, so for people with high IQ, they often disdain disguise a lot of times, so they will get a lot of people's incomprehension and disgust, this time it is easy to cause high IQ patients to have a sense of loneliness, there is a feeling of being abandoned by the world, and finally the idea will become more and more, into negative emotions, so for high IQ patients, it is actually very important to pay attention to their own spiritual and psychological world.
So how to alleviate it?
In fact, one of the best ways is to distract yourself, just like mentioned above when you feel empty, then don't waste, you should find something to do, look for things you are interested in, hobbies, such as listening to music, watching TV, doing sports, etc., as long as you can make you happy, you can try.
Secondly, manage their emotions well, high IQ people of course will also have things that can not be done, such as too many ideas but others can not understand, or you feel that the very good program but the leader does not recognize, and may even require you to make changes, this hanging time often your emotional fluctuations will be very large, and even disputes, this time may cause irreparable consequences, to know that you have done is already perfect, there is no need to be so demanding of yourself, learn to put down, Telling yourself this is no big deal.
All in all, people live a lifetime, it is very good to be confused, don't be too calculating in everything, too drill the horns, there are many beautiful things, don't waste on irrelevant things, learn to relax yourself.