>tfw you realize you're not as intelligent as you

>>35625791
I know that feel. In a way, it's comforting. I feel just as dumb as the people around me.

>>35625824
I don't know my IQ but I'd guess it's somewhere in the 115-120 range. But the reason I thought I was smarter than I am is because I grew up around a lot of idiots. I'm by far the most intelligent person in my immediate family and that really fucked with me from a young age.
Being smarter than your parents when you're 8 is not a great deal of fun.

Whenever I start to think I am more intelligent than others I just remember that people like Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Descartes, etc. existed and that I am but a brainlet in comparison. Any extra IQ points I have above the average can only be negligible.

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>tfw you realise you are smarter then you tought

>>35625791
>tfw not smart enough to succeed but smart enough to realize how shitty life is.

>>35625791
>tfw people from uni constantly say how good I am at maths
>am not really that good
>can't tell if I'm the retard who everyone congratulates over the small successes or actually smart

>tfw you realize you're not as intelligent as you thought you were
>but you still are more intelligent than anyone you know
>and don't personally know someone who can prove that you are not so smart
>and the small number of times you met someone smarter than, by luck or wickedness, you outsmarted them

>>35625999
>tfw terrified you might actually be severely retarded and everyone has just been playing along your entire life

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>>35625791
YOU'RE NOT THE MAN I THOUGHT YOU WERE

>>35625791
>Start feeling really bad about my shortcomings
>Start thinking about everything that's already too late to fix
>Start thinking about everything I missed out on
>Read about someone worse off than me
>Lol what a moron
>Depression adverted

>>35625902
>But the reason I thought I was smarter than I am is because I grew up around a lot of idiots
You never really kno when reading these

>>35625791
>always did really well at school
>people always told me how smart i was
>schedule an iq test with my therapist hoping to boost my confidence
>fucking 97 iq
i guess it was all memorization and not actual talent or intelligence. fuck my life.