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Is Intelligence really alienating?

When I was 17 my dad took me to a university where they had trained psychologists because he was determined to know exactly what was wrong with me. He assumed autism but the physiologist thought it was my intelligence. Said I had an IQ of 188 and they assumed it was the cause of my difference and inability to relate. Even in school I always scored high. In 6th grade my Lexie score was a bit over 1400 and by 9th it was almost 1700. I graduated with a 4.0 and was in AP classes. I never went to college because I prefer blue collar over academic.

As I’ve gotten older it’s just gotten more of an issue mentally. I just can’t relate to people or even feel like the same species even though I am empathetic. Dose my Intelligence really mean I just can’t relate to anyone? Feels to arrogant a decision to come up with alone lol

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u/Exact-Inspection1128 — 9 days ago