00:00we all know a couple of people who really exceed when it comes to their cognitive abilities their
00:10intelligence that is smart people regularly start displaying their intelligence early on
00:14in their lives and always show tremendous potential to shape the world we live in and
00:18to better the world for all the people in it however being a highly intelligent person doesn't
00:24always come without some drawbacks intelligence and general health social success and even financial
00:30success do not always perfectly correlate as a matter of fact a lot of highly intelligent people
00:36struggle with a wide variety of issues including some physical ailments and psychological problems
00:42that they are more likely to develop than some other groups of people like stress anxiety and problems
00:49with socialization hey everybody welcome to psychology element in this video we are going
00:54to be listing 10 problems only smart people have make sure to watch until the end of the video because
01:00the information presented in this video may help you become more familiar with some struggles that
01:05smart people have and that you yourself may experience number one smart people have a greater
01:12likelihood of developing mental illness in an article from 2018 titled high intelligence a risk factor for
01:20physical and physiological over excitabilities that summarized results of a study in which participants
01:27were asked to self-report presence of both diagnosed and suspected mental health disturbances including mood and
01:34anxiety disorders attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or adhd an autism spectrum disorder
01:42asd found a remarkably high relative risk ratio for all these conditions as confirmed among mensa group
01:492015 data when compared to the national average statistics this implicates that high iq people are at
01:56larger risk for developing affective disorders adhd and autism spectrum disorders than people with average
02:03levels of intelligence number two intelligent people tend to overanalyze things it is a well-known fact that
02:11highly intelligent people tend to be overly analytical toward themselves and the external world psychologists
02:18have proposed multiple theories as to why that is the case but the largely accepted one is the so-called
02:24hyperbrain hyperbody theory of integration formulated by karpinski and her colleagues this theory asserts that
02:32highly intelligent people tend to respond to internal and external stimuli with over excitable behavior what does
02:39overexcitable behavior mean people with overexcitable behavior as a response to their inner worlds and
02:46surroundings tend to get into highly intense physiological states that cause them to overanalyze
02:51things for example they may dwell on some other person's words for far longer looking for implied meanings
02:58hidden connotations and deeper motivations than most other people would number three highly intelligent people
03:05are exhaustingly perfectionistic over excitability of smart people extends to their tendency to engage
03:11in overly investigative behavior and their desire to make decisions choices and solutions to problems
03:18that are as close to perfect as possible this leads them down the path of engaging in overly detailed analysis
03:25of every single choice they make and endlessly and pointlessly ponder whether they could have made a better one
03:32this kind of behavior results in intense stress over sometimes trivial decisions that are not as
03:37complicated as to require deep thought and leave the intelligent person filled with unnecessary self-doubt
03:44and constant second guessing number four smart people are more prone to certain physical health issues
03:51than other people not only are intelligent individuals at risk for developing mental health symptomatology
03:58they are also more likely to develop some physical ailments research conducted by ruth karpinski and
04:04colleagues is aligned with the conclusions of the psychologist dabrowski that says more intelligent
04:09people are at significant risk for developing some physical illnesses than the general populations
04:16especially those illnesses that can be traced back to increased and prolonged exposure to stress
04:22dabrowski's research links the aforementioned over excitability of above average people with the
04:27occurrence of stress which then triggers physiological changes in the body that result in various
04:33physical illnesses the most common of which are autoimmune dysregulation such as asthma allergies and
04:40autoimmune disease number five intelligent people are highly aware of their own deficiencies this trait of
04:48smart people may sound like an advantage which it can be but it can also be a major setback charles darwin
04:55once stated ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge this phenomenon where highly
05:02intelligent people doubt their own abilities is often termed the dunning-kruger effect which is a
05:07cognitive bias where highly skilled and competent people tend to underestimate their competence and
05:12knowledge whereas less competent people tend to overestimate their abilities for more on the dunning-kruger
05:18effect we highly recommend you check out our other video 19 psychological facts that will blow your mind
05:25the unfortunate result of this effect is that highly skilled and intelligent people doubt everything
05:31including their own skills which leaves them vulnerable to unfounded self-doubt and possible
05:36avoidance of any constructive decision making making them ironically less efficient enjoying the video so
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05:50smarter and it's free number six smart people are more prone to stress than other people
05:57both aforementioned researchers karpinski and dobrowski have pointed out how highly intelligent people can
06:03become extremely stressed out stress in these individuals is a result of pondering on every aspect of problems
06:10they encounter their perfectionism and their tendency to play out every single scenario in their heads which leads to higher stress levels
06:18number seven intelligent individuals are burdened by high expectations from both themselves and other people
06:26from the moment they start overachieving in elementary school smart people are expected even
06:31demanded to maintain that level of excellence and are often reminded that they could always do better
06:38they often internalize these expectations and demands and start experiencing intense psychological
06:44even physical discomfort when they fail or feel as if they failed to achieve them many people assume
06:50that these gifted individuals are like machines that are capable of delivering their best performance
06:56on demand regardless of their psychological or physical state psychological research has demonstrated that
07:03higher expectations from teachers and parents can often lead children to achieve academic success but overly
07:09critical attitudes and excessively high expectations can produce the opposite effect number eight smart
07:17individuals are more easily distracted according to psychiatrist dr ned hollowell the most intelligent people
07:25often find themselves in situations where they are required to choose between competing solutions and ideas
07:31which leads to greater distractibility as a result of the paralyzing fear of choosing the wrong one
07:37this results in according to dr hollowell a feeling of inadequacy and inability to deal with the multiple possible
07:44decisions and choices especially in the workplace and the workload as a whole
07:50number nine intelligent people can feel intense discomfort in large mixed groups of people a substantial
07:57proportion of smart people may seem like introverts in large social circles even if they are not actually
08:03introverts they may not be shy socially awkward or socially inhibited in any significant way what they often feel
08:11is as though they simply can't share a lot of their often incredible diverse interests or engage in profound
08:17conversations about many topics that interest them this can prove to be extremely frustrating for these
08:23individuals leaving them to feel not understood or unable to connect to people who do not share their
08:28preference for intellectual conversations also since they are sharp and observant they may pick up on little
08:35things that many people would easily miss like someone's fake smile or other gestures that seem less than genuine
08:41which may annoy them and deter them from wanting to participate in social activities that don't fulfill
08:47their needs and cause them feelings of discomfort frustration or boredom number 10 highly intelligent
08:54people tend to worry more than the average person a study conducted by a team of researchers led by
09:00psychiatrist jeremy copeland who is also the lead author of a study published in frontiers of evolutionary
09:07psychology claims that worrying which is thought of as a maladaptive trait meaning that it prevents the
09:14ability to properly adjust to the environment or the particular situation has been found to be linked
09:19with something that is very adaptive intelligence this and some other studies seem to indicate that worrying
09:27even though it may be thought of as maladaptive is linked to increased attention to details and consideration
09:33of many potential scenarios even the less pleasant ones which is also a core trait of people with high
09:40intelligence so this was our list of 10 problems only smart people have did this sound like you or
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