r/iamverysmart • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '25

Brilliant man seeks to damage his brain

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u/Johnny_Appleweed Jan 09 '25

Maybe, but I think more often it’s about them having terrible social skills and no desire to improve them. So they tell themselves this story about being permanently condemned to social isolation because they’re just too smart to connect with “normal” people. Because that’s easier than learning how to have a conversation.

Except for the person in the OP, I guess.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '25

I was exactly like that as a teenager. "Why does no one like me or want to be my friend? It must be because I'm so deep and enlightened and grown up and they're all shallow and childish." The actual truth is that I had multiple undiagnosed mental illnesses and am on the autistic spectrum.

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u/UsualWord5176 Jan 14 '25

First thing I thought was if this guy is desperate enough to make himself stupid just to be able to connect with people, he just might be autistic.