Contents:
- Medical Video: The 10 Struggles Only Highly Intelligent People Have
- High IQs are thought to trigger with excessive anxiety
- What is the relationship between IQ and anxiety?
- Does it mean having a high IQ is not good because it causes anxiety?
- What can be done to reduce excessive anxiety?
Medical Video: The 10 Struggles Only Highly Intelligent People Have
According to most people, having a high IQ level is a proud thing. IQ can be interpreted as intellectual intelligence. Someone who has a high intellectual intelligence value, is usually considered smart and has good achievements in academics. But did you know that having a high IQ score is not entirely good? Recently a study found that high IQ scores were associated with high levels of anxiety.
High IQs are thought to trigger with excessive anxiety
This statement comes from a study conducted by researchers from Lakehead University, Canada, and involved as many as 100 respondents. From the results of this study, it is known that the group of respondents who often feel anxious turns out to have higher verbal intelligence test scores than groups that do not often experience anxiety.
Other studies that also examined the relationship of intellectual intelligence with anxiety expressed the same thing. In this study, tests to measure intellectual intelligence were carried out in groups that had excessive anxiety syndrome and a group that was mentally healthy. Then the results showed that almost all people in the group who had anxiety syndrome had better test scores than the healthy group.
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What is the relationship between IQ and anxiety?
A study conducted by neurologists from the National Institutes of Health states that the part of the brain that regulates intellectual intelligence with a sense of anxiety is the same part. The human brain is divided into several parts, namely there are parts with white substance located in the middle, and parts of gray substance located on the outside.
In this case, it is known that choline (a neurotransmitter that functions as a signal carrier in the brain) which is in white substance is less in people who have high IQ and excessive anxiety compared to people who are healthy and have a standard IQ. So it can be concluded that these two conditions, feeling anxious and having a high IQ, are regulated and caused by the same things.
Does it mean having a high IQ is not good because it causes anxiety?
Intellectual intelligence accompanied by excessive anxiety is not the main thing that can make a person successful and successful in the academy field. Many concepts and views about the meaning of intelligence, so you don't need to worry about that. Although indeed, excessive anxiety will certainly cause damage that is not good for your mental or physical health. So the thing to do is how to deal with anxiety that might suddenly appear.
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What can be done to reduce excessive anxiety?
If you feel very worried about something and make your mind not clear, then here are the easy things you can do:
- Taking a deep breath will make you more relaxed and calm.
- Understand that anxiety is like any other feeling. If you accept and understand that anxiety is an emotional reaction that appears like other feelings, then you will easily get rid of that anxiety.
- Do hobbies and fun things to distract you at that time. Not only can you just distract yourself, doing a hobby can also make yourself more relaxed.
- Enough rest and sleep
- Do regular exercise. Not only maintaining health, regular exercise can improve mood because when doing so, the body stimulates the hormone 'happy'.
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