I take these sorts of things personally and very seriously. My intelligence was officially and professionally tested by the school because my grades were so bad.
The verdict? Something along the lines that subconsciously I thought my teachers were all morons and I resented them trying to teach me things that I thought were beneath me. Once I was old enough and had the legal right to do so, I requested the test results. One of the evaluating psychologists stated on the record that I might even be better off actually teaching the classes in some cases.
I've also been diagnosed with depression and have been medicated for it off an on over the past few years. Might probably should be now too.
So yeah, I take it seriously and may even get defensive on the matter.
I'm the same smitty. I'm on heavy antidepressants and the highest dosage of valium possible. Due a birth defect, chronic pain for 31 years, and amputation below knee, and about to amputate above the knee due to life threatening infections(mersa).
Which is devastating and takes years to recover from. Been there. Still am there. We just gotta keep chugging and remind ourselves that failure is an inevitable lesson and we can learn to do better. Even when it feels like shit.
This reminds me of that pic with the three different people standing on different amounts of books, looking at three different perspectives of the world.
http://brainblogger.com/2014/12/18/does-high-iq-increase-the-risk-of-depression-and-mental-disorders/
Depressive realism:
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr05/realism.aspx
the Sad Socrates Effect; intelligence correlates to depression and suicide:
http://www.thecrimson.com/column/who-what-and-wyatt/article/2013/2/22/Wyatt-depression/
The Dr. Martin Voracek theory directly correlates intelligence to suicide. The more intelligent you are, the more likely you are to attempt suicide:
http://suicideproject.org/2010/08/proof-that-the-more-intelligent-you-are-the-more-likely-you-are-to-commit-suicide/
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/major-depressive-disorder/association-between-major-mental-disorders-and-geniuses
The verdict? Something along the lines that subconsciously I thought my teachers were all morons and I resented them trying to teach me things that I thought were beneath me. Once I was old enough and had the legal right to do so, I requested the test results. One of the evaluating psychologists stated on the record that I might even be better off actually teaching the classes in some cases.
I've also been diagnosed with depression and have been medicated for it off an on over the past few years. Might probably should be now too.
So yeah, I take it seriously and may even get defensive on the matter.
*hugs beer and cries*