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do tend to go hand in hand. my hubby is convinced (and i do agree with him)the smarter you are...the more you are predisposed to depression. hense the expression, ignorance is bliss.

Ah, so that's why I'm depressed!!!

"I have nothing to declare except my genius"....Oscar Wilde manic depressive.

Meeeeeeeeeeeee toooooooooo

We're all too clever to be happy!!!

Well then all I can say is... Half the times I'm smarter than Einstien, the other times I'm a bloddy idiot...

; )

Yup everyone says im to smart for my own good.

Oscar Wilde, legend!!

I dunno about genius but I do get told I'm too much a smart arse sometimes lol

"Too smart for your own good." I have been told that since I was a child. Guess they were right. A blessing and a curse.

Im really interested in this connection.
Ive always been top of my classes at school. Without sounding ridiculously big headed, i almost feel like i function at a higher level than a lot of the people around me which really depresses me. Finding a social life that stimulates my brain rather than killing it off with alcohol is difficult.
Maybe its the case that i over analyse things too and tend to look deeply into things.
I definitely think there is some connection.
My mum's partner's son killed himself a year ago. He was depressed. He was also VERY VERY intelligent. Coincidence?
Even coming on here and speaking to people, i notice that the people here seem like they have a higher IQ and more insight into life than the average person. Coincidence?
I dont think so.

That makes sense. There is the old cliche about the insane man who is only insane because he knows the truth about things. I don't think this is completely correct. People are depressed but what is the alternative in today's society? To live life being happy acquiring things? To be happy being false and lying to people top appear a certain way? Thinking you'll become what you appear to be? Pile stuff and people around you so that your ego can inflate and you can be king of the mountain? To cheat and steal your way to the top. To have a hot wife/husband ? He with the most toys wins? To try and spend your whole life building up enough cash so you will be completely secure and make the impossible happen, that you will build something permanent, a lasting monument, but everything falls down, that is truth. They tell you to be normal and live a normal life, but look how these "normal" lives are lead. I think you have to at least get a glimpse of the complete insanity of "normality" to be able to depressed. But I think that is the good news. We are not meant to live our lives that way anyway, the way most people have convinced themselves to be at peace with. But it is insidious. There is a better way. A way to live honest and do what is right, regardless how others see you. We can shine the light of consciousness for others to see. We can walk in the opposite direction of the maddening crowd. The direction that true life flows. We can stop fighting what is natural. We can learn all the lessons that nature teaches. We can find true peace and love and happiness and all the wisdom we need. It is already inside each and everyone of us waiting to be held up.

Sound grandiose? It is not. It is our true natural state.

WOW schmanek!
I'm going to print that comment off and stick it on my wall.
Half my problem is that i'm so pissed off at society for trying to make me conform and be who i'm not. For trying to suppress my ability. I'm pissed off at society for what it's become. Its all about being the richest, the prettiest, the skinniest. I'm pissed off that it doesn't even scratch the surface.

I'm more pissed off at me for trying to conform. I don't enjoy the company of many people and so don't connect with the majority that I meet. Those that I do connect with, I will always be a true friend to and would die if it meant they experienced a moment of true happiness.

One of my reasons for depression is a complete lack of intellectual stimuli in my life. I was bored in education as it was easy, therefore I never tried and didn't get the qualifications. I never realised what I wanted to do, let alone my potential do do it. I am easily frustrated, and even more easily bored, by modern life. I can enjoy the simple things, but would prefer to share them with someone I can relate to, but the more I look for those people, the less I find. Sound familiar?

By the way, I do have a high IQ (or at least I did when it was last tested 2 years ago. Is it a coincidence that I'm depressed knowing I've wasted my life?

No but what would be foolish would be to condemn something like your life to the dogs when you're not done yet, guilliano. regret is just as much a part of life as success.

Don't get pissed anymore, for they know not what they do. And deep inside they all have much pain. It is a game of trying to cover the pain. Your pain is on the surface and that is a good thing. The whole idea is that you have a illness because you can't cover the pain with stuff and false ideas. That is so ass backwards, excuse my french, lol! All pain is a message saying something is wrong. I think the message in depression is that the way we are told to be happy, the way to make yourself happy, does not work. Buying a big Tv does not make you happy. Being pretty does not make you happy. Having the best of everything does not make you happy. Accomplishing all 10,000 goals will never make you truly happy. True happiness is found in the moment and not in some imagining. It is hard because we are going against thousands of years of disfunction. But it is possible. To stare at the sky and smile is to see it. But it is not just a pretty thing it rest in. It takes time but it can be found in all things.