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prison_buttcheeks t1_j5j45ig wrote

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I find high intelligence and mental health or similar issues are two sides of the same coin.

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RoboChrist t1_j5jix5h wrote

That's true in movies, less so in real life. People with low intelligence have the same amount of mental health issues as people with high intelligence. But they're less likely to understand their own issues and less likely to have the financial resources to get treatment for them.

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Barjuden t1_j5jkry7 wrote

That's actually not true. Higher intelligence is correlated with anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. That doesn't mean it's always the case, but the more intelligent one is the more likely they are to have those mental health problems.

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RoboChrist t1_j5jpn8u wrote

To have them diagnosed, or to have them?

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Barjuden t1_j5jqykc wrote

Probably both. That being said, life circumstances as a child still have way more to do with it than intelligence. There are a lot of relevant factors, and they all affect each other, so it's really better to assess cases individually.

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