Do you feel stupid/dumb?

[Circles]

I certainly do. Like recently I broke a light in my kitchen and I thought I could simply change the light bulbs, but the light came completely off the ceiling. Well I tried to fix also and even looked up how to fix it but I just felt so dumb and didn't understand what I was reading. I just feel like I really am stupid at life skills and such. Like fuck. What about you?

 

[Oblivion Access]

People sometimes claim I'm intelligent but it's usually in the context of "oh you read books and say big words, how come you can't do (simple task almost nobody struggles with)". Being clumsy as fuck and avoiding non-dissociated presence in meatspace takes a sledgehammer to one's practical skills and often self-esteem by extension.

I think people without a negative self-perception would just chalk up the light thing to an unlucky accident and the lack of understanding thing to being distracted or tired or w/e. You might find yourself in a more self-critical headspace, so all your perceived faults may appear more egregious to you? Though I know the feeling that instead of a headspace issue, you're just defective and can't do anything right like my backhand, so i feel for you if that's your experience also.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

Yes, a lot. I think everyone has felt dumb at some point in their life.

 

[Circles]

Yes, a lot. I think everyone has felt dumb at some point in their life.

I'm not talking about a certain point. I meant being stupid permanently and such.

 

[FuneralCry]

Yes. I know that I am and I have been my whole life. I have always had very low intelligence. I am just simply not meant for this world and I cannot cope with life. Things that others find easy are very difficult to me. I have really bad concentration.

 

[onlyanimalsaregood]

I'm not talking about a certain point. I meant being stupid permanently and such.

Oh ok. I think I feel like more incompetent than dumb.

 

[magicalsarcoma]

I know quite a lot of narrowly focused information. I'm interested in neurology, behavioral neurology/neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry and sexology, phlebology, biomedical ethics
But from time to time i don't know any everyday things.... For example, once i ate dry porridge for about half a month (in a form similar to powder. Those ground porridges in bags that need to be poured into a plate and filled with water) in their original form, that is, i didn't fill them with water until i accidentally saw the inscription that they need to be cooked
So yeah, i feel dumb about many things like I'm not fit to live autonomously

 

[Al Cappella]

Yes, all the time, as a matter of fact. I usually avoid doing many things for fear of being too stupid to do them…

 

[Foresight]

I think everyone has their our own areas that come easier to them. I've always been shit with communication. I struggle badly with grammar and formatting sentences. I'm also horrible at a lot of other areas, but I can excel elsewhere. I always found that to be the case with most people. Some might not be conventionally intelligent but they have their own space to flourish. I analyze people's lives at my job so I get the chance to see how people can come off slow at times but truly excel in an area. I stopped judging others on it and I never feel harsh on myself about it.

I actually tend to overestimate my average intelligence because I grew up in the ghetto and most of my friends weren't able to flourish in that environment. I'm quickly humbled when I spend time with people who have above average intelligence.

 

[Message In A Bottle]

I've always been shit with communication. I struggle badly with grammar and formatting sentences.

I am the same way...my sentences are always incomplete thoughts - why I have to use dashes to make everything look somewhat decent.

I feel like I may have ADHD or something...I just can't for the life of me listen to someone for hours on end without my mind drifting. I am also really clumsy to the point that it's embarrassing...how does one forget a password they JUST created? I guess only I can manage that.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I don't have to feel it, I know it.

 

[dreambound]

i am about as dumb as a concrete block, or rather half a concrete block....hmmmm maybe even a crayon drawing of half a concrete block. But i don't
really care though because i can do a couple of things that i consider to be of value.
However i do admire the ability of people like Brian Warner (marilyn manson) when in a situation of being interviewed by media, he calmly verbally
disarms the interviewers that attempt to attack & discredit him for the sake of entertainment.
High intellect can certainly be of benefit in coping with this world but its not everything.....

 

[lili]

I feel stupid and dumb most of the time. I have always been made fun of through my life for saying the dumbest stuff. When I was growing in school I was famous for doing a lot of stupid stuff and saying dumb stuff. It's so bad that if there were ever a moment where I tried to be ironic or sarcastic people would always believe I am dumb because that is my default.

I got really score on an IQ test by a psychologist at 21.

I pretty much feel incompetent with basic life skills. I'm about to turn 30 and people who are way younger than me like ten years younger? Still feel at liberty to talk down on me for how dumb and ignorant I can be. Because I can do or say such stupid things that it comes off as if I have zero life experience whatsoever.

Some people at first can't believe how dumb I am and they think I'm making it up or pretending to be dumb. But then I either do a seriously stupid thing or someone like my brother is present to actually tell them "no she's not kidding she literally just did that really dumb thing it's how she is".

Sometimes I wonder if my brain just belongs in a different planet and it's not here right now so I just have a really big hole in my head and it's just filled up with a massive heavy block and I can barely see what's going on out here.

Sometimes I try to make jokes and make fun of myself for being so dumb because it can be a bit unbelievable how dumb I can be. But deep down it gets old to keep the joke going and I just want to be done with it all.

 

[Q-Dust]

I wouldn't say I feel stupid, But add the slightest bit of pressure and I forget how to use my hands, So I do come up being stupid most of the time

 

[Silenos]

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

I've gotten much better, I can now call anyone, be sociable, work a bit, set up my own things, do my own taxes etc. I'm quite good around the house. But I do find everything overwhelming still. I prefer to do things with my gf if I can. My illness makes me lightheaded and exhausted 24/7. It's taken me years to adapt and try to function but nothing is ever easy. I often feel like I need support or pleasant company, just for comfort if nothing else.

 

[BitterlyAlive_]

I feel like I get more retarded with each passing day. I know feeling like it doesn't make it true, and that I have issues that definitely affect the way I think, and I'm likely more capable than I think…. But I just feel like such a fucking retard.

 

[Life_and_Death]

No but yes. I'm actually fairly smart, even had honors in high school. I was doing other people's work while not doing mine. I found school simple (plus all the school work made a good excuse to stay away from my parents at home).
And this is where it changes though. I'm still smart however ever since my really bad dissociation episode that lasted several months at least, I've had trouble retaining information. I need things repeated several times. I have difficulty picking up on things, reading a book just for entertainment is difficult. I haven't read a book in years and I use to love reading..
I'm still smart. I have the information I had, but getting new information takes longer than it use to. I forget things easily. To go from that to this... I feel so stupid.
What doesn't mental health fuck up? Lmfao