How many really intelegent people you know have "mental" or depression issues? and how many are dug addicts?

Question

i'm not a drug addict, but everyone thinks i'm depressed and some how mental, but they all say that i am "really smart" and talented in art

Answer 1

I have an high IQ and suffer from depression. My husband tells me all the time that he thinks they go hand in hand. Due to our intelligence we are more deeply effected by things.. ..we think about thinks too much . Many famous people known for their artistic ability or their mental capabilities are known to have had suffered with either depression , bipolar disorder or crippling phobias.

Answer 2

Too often, very high intelligence isolates children from their peers, setting up situations of loneliness and misunderstanding. If the adults surrounding that child don't recognize and try to provide the 'tools' necessary for them to learn how to interact with with their environment effectively there is often depression, drug addiction and various other anti-social or self-destructive behaviors. This usually carries over into adulthood.

Intelligence has no bearing on how that intelligence is applied. As an adult, that is up to you now. You should take an honest look at your life.... Apply your intelligence in a detached manner to what you see and set about changing your environment. Seek out others of your own mental caliber. Having others to talk with that are capable of making quick connections and thinking in broader terms can go a long way towards lightening the depression.... It will also help you to see that what others judge as 'mental' is simply an inability on your part to communicate effectively on their level. Accept and cultivate your intelligence. Stifling it with drugs or continuing to try to be 'like everyone else' will only create more of a mess in your life.

Accept your ability and revel in it. Learn something new every day. Learn how to exercise your mind like you would your muscles and start using your intelligence to achieve wisdom.

Answer 3

Get professional opinion! There are people who have mental illness and are very high functioning, my roommie teaches, has worked in China, has friends around the world, it is not a shameful disease, often others do not understand, or even want to take time to learn about mental illness. Yes, there are many types of mental issues brought on due to addictive drug use,(chemically induced mental illness). Who is everyone? The only person that is capable to tell you, you are Depressed is some type of professional! Your friends and family may notice your behavior and are concerned about you! Look up(Depression Hurts). There are very talented and creative people in many walks of life, who have been and are depressed people, newscasters, Presidents, artists, actors, actress's, famous people. You may not recognize the symtoms of mental Illness. Get help, be creative,smart, and live your life! BEST OF LUCK!

Answer 4

I'm actually surrounded by really intelligent people here, people with different areas of interest. Some excel at math, some in music, some are technological wizards, and one is actually very socially gifted.

And some of them are depressed and under doctors' care. One's depression stems from the chemistry in his brain which has a glitch and keeps him from ever having a happy day. Even the greatest happy moments of a life have meant nearly nothing to him.
One of them has a form of Asperger's syndrome and it's always a guessing game as to how much of the depression stems from the frustrations he has in trying to put together a decent life despite his handicap and how much depression would still be there if the other problem did not exist.
One of them has depression from the place he finds himself growing up in. He's very bright, socially speaking, but he has learning disabilities and is growing up in a household with three students who have excelled before him. He has situational depression.
One of them does pretty well. He somehow floated above the swamp of depression all around him. He's an adult now and doing well.
One really struggles to keep herself un-depressed from all of this. She's a musician and expresses herself through music and she knows she has to keep herself from getting emired by the sadness in her house.
And me?
Sometimes I do better than at other times. I am learning--slowly--that my feeling bad for everyone doesn't help them and really makes me less effective.
And none of the people here take recreational drugs, except an occasional glass of wine. We choose not to abuse drugs.

So--what are you going to do about your mental health. If you are a teenager, you might know that your body is in transition and your feelings can be all over the place. Hang in there for a while and try to work on the real issues in your life, one at a time, and not expecting fast results.

If you find yourself persistently unhappy, more bad days than good and you've tried to address that in good ways-- exercise, doing what you like to do, spending time with good friends--then get some help for it. Talk to someone who will listen--your parents, a counselor at school, and eventually, maybe a therapist. Therapists are great resources, not some sign that you are "mental". They can really be helpful in giving you new directions to think in.

Your life is a gift to you and the world and take good care of it. Good luck.

Answer 5

Over the last five years I had begun to have increasingly withdraw into a downward spiral of depression..

But now with the method I can fully focus my energy and thoughts into a decisive line on how to make my life better constantly. And it works like magic! I'm beginning to attract people to me once again and things have just been looking up since then.

Helping you eliminate depression?

Answer 6

tendency for depression is half inherited and in your genes (look for other cases within the family) and for the other half they arise through psychological reasons. I know several people who have passed through depressions but nt all of them were exceptionally smart. I also know quite some people who use drugs, which isn't smart but not all of them are extremely smart.
and I know this one guy who is extremely smart, he has been on prozac for 2 years now and parties on drugs whenever he can, usually every weekend.

Answer 7

I would say that the more intelligent you are, the more likely you are to be unhappy with things in general. Thus, if such a person was chronically depressed, they might be tempted to self-medicate with illicit drugs. The happiest people seem to be those who find contentment in ordinary things.

Answer 8

my ex bf and his brother are two oth the most intelagent ppl i know, one is a fanastic artist and the other an amazing poet, they are charming and could make you believe anything it was shoking when the put there minds to it they really are above average, but do to there life style and habbits (drug adiction) they are in jail 3/4 of there lives its sad they waist there lives the way they do there father is seriouly mentaly ill and they will most definitly fallow in his foot steps

Answer 9

I know 4 senior doctors exceptionally intelligent who have become addicts.

Answer 10

it goes together high iq and A.D.D. and other stuff cause we tend to be totally into whatever we get into-when its depression its bad-normally in Jesus i live totally very happy-i will be prayin for u too pray for me -im a glitter artist and writer too 165 IQ