Who is the smartest Sanctioned Suicide member?

[noname223]

Certainly not the person who poses such a question.

I had 1-2 nominee in mind but I won't mention them

I just come from therapy. She said we don't really make progress which is sort of true. I was scared she is giving me up. But my situation is pretty difficult. Moreover, I think she is neither very motivated nor smart. She says my issue with women is I am not open enough with my feelings/emotions due to autism. It is her hypothesis the whole time and it is utter bullshit. I have many issues but certainly not that. In my self-help group several women complimented me how open I speak about my inner feelings. And that they are impressed a man can do something like that. I have other issues though. I was sort of in the position to lecture my therapist which is weird. She just pretends so much bullshit. My friends give way way better advices than her. And my friends realize my real issues. They notice when I am paranoid and my therapist is completely blind about that. She once pretended I just imagine my paranoia in my mind and it would not be real paranoia (just because I am not in a psychotic episode of course there are lower levels of paranoid thoughts.) My therapist called me very intelligent after our session today. However, I would need someone who has a clue about me and my problems. In many cases she just makes shit worse and worsens my paranoia. I don't want to have to lecture my therapist. Who am I to do this? I have not studied this subject. I think I a good in introspection though. But I tend to biases because of a strong subjectivity bias caused by past psychosis. But bro she has no clue what she is doing. I met this quantum physics professor/intellectual in a clinic (as a patient) and he did the right thing. He noticed my paranoia straight up/my pathologies and my intolerance of ambiguity towards the future. The problem is his advice was also to trust the therapists and cling to their advices. But none of all my therapist I had the intellectual power to do this. None of them realized what he noticed right from the start. In fact my current therapist thought he had a psychosis too when I told her his analysis.
They reinforce my beliefs instead of questioning them. In fact my therapists overestimate my skills. I am very deep and eloquent but I have clear biases in my thinking. At the same many of my therapists were not the brightest. Most of them just strengthened my paranoia. I had a therapist giving me up. She agreed to very paranoid thoughts I had and simply confirmed them. Then she left me alone. I think intelligence can be good for problem solving. But it should not define a human.

 

[bankai]

To me, it's these people with these complicated inert gas setups. They're pretty smart.

Pure intelligence, though, I'm not sure. You can be good at math and other subjects and still make poor life decisions. Many people with missed fully paid scholarships to top universities over here because they smoked weed etcetera. So,yeah

 

[neenie]

I think you should stay open to your therapist's propositions while feeling free to ask for second opinions from other health professionals if something seems odd to you. While I'm not dismissing patients' knowledge, it can be biased due to many reasons, the same way one therapist will have biases that another will not have, hence my suggestion for a second professional opinion. Maybe you'll get along better with the other therapist and will make a change for the better

 

[quietwoods]

Fine fine I'll accept the honor, everyone can stop chanting my name

 

[25dRvS9Ka]

I seriously hope I'm not even on at the top 1,000 smartest members. I came here to learn and it would be extremely disappointing to leave here empty handed.

 

[noname223]

I think you should stay open to your therapist's propositions while feeling free to ask for second opinions from other health professionals if something seems odd to you. While I'm not dismissing patients' knowledge, it can be biased due to many reasons, the same way one therapist will have biases that another will not have, hence my suggestion for a second professional opinion. Maybe you'll get along better with the other therapist and will make a change for the better

There was a very competent therapist I had in the past in a clinic. And I think not all of her suggestions are bad. We had a dialogue. And after I told her my perspective she gave better advices. The problem with her is though: it seems like she forgets all we discussed pretty fast. We had this debate a couple of times how I could not talk enough about my feelings with women. I told her the counter evidence. No one ever said something like that in the past. Quite the opposite many women complimented me for it. When I tell her that she acknowledges it and agrees with it. Then 2 weeks later she forgot all of that and wants to discuss with me my inability to open up. Well she is right that's sort of a loop.

Maybe I should change my therapist. My problems are pretty big and I think it is pretty difficult to give good advices. I am a hard case. I think I need someone who gives me hope. And most of her advices have a detrimental effect on my hope. I already was given up by a therapist. But talking in general helps. It would be pretty difficult to find someone new.

 

[Pluto]

 

[25dRvS9Ka]

There was a very competent therapist I had in the past in a clinic. And I think not all of her suggestions are bad. We had a dialogue. And after I told her my perspective she gave better advices. The problem with her is though: it seems like she forgets all we discussed pretty fast. We had this debate a couple of times how I could not talk enough about my feelings with women. I told her the counter evidence. No one ever said something like that in the past. Quite the opposite many women complimented me for it. When I tell her that she acknowledges it and agrees with it. Then 2 weeks later she forgot all of that and wants to discuss with me my inability to open up. Well she is right that's sort of a loop.

Maybe I should change my therapist. My problems are pretty big and I think it is pretty difficult to give good advices. I am a hard case. I think I need someone who gives me hope. And most of her advices have a detrimental effect on my hope. I already was given up by a therapist. But talking in general helps. It would be pretty difficult to find someone new.

Yes, change. Your therapist has not taken the necessary steps to properly address your progress as a patient. Most professionals treat this process naturally without formalities, as if it were a friendship where the therapist learns more about you. Some others prefer to document your progress to make sure they don't forget your personality traits.

In your case, your therapist is clearly dismissing everything and treating you with extreme superficiality. Taking your money is the only goal. If only your therapist would admit that she has never dealt with anyone at your level, she would at least be being honest and both of you can work on it. Besides, she is helping you at all?

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Probably whoever I think is the dumbest.

 

[VoidButterfly]

I have to agree, it sounds to me like you'd do better with a different therapist. It sounds like you don't have a good working relationship here, you shouldn't have to feel like you're repeating yourself.

As to who is most intelligent, I'm in a privileged position in life where most people I know (outside of work) would call me the most intelligent person they know and from that vantage I can definitely say that intelligence isn't so easily measured. I did all the smart people things, I have a math degree, a PhD, I work as a theoretical physicist, published research, etc. Fact is for all my education I've never met someone I couldn't learn from and so many times I've met people who're the least educated and even consider themselves stupid who have such a curiosity for learning whenever you speak to them and often have so much insight. They just didn't have the same opportunities or didn't follow the 'intellectual path' for whatever reason.

I work with very smart people, most of them very competent scientists, but I'd say the most intelligent person I ever met was an author/poet who sadly died many years ago in his sleep. Whenever I spoke with him he'd listen and seemingly effortlessly respond with the most insightful and often helpful thoughts. I miss him a lot.

 

[Namelesa]

Me (probably not I am a dumdum ^^)

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

All joking aside, it's definitely me. Don't get me wrong, I like to come off lowbrow and act a fool sometimes as it makes me accessible and fun, but deep down we're all aware of my staggering intellect, I think.

Granted my IQ quizzes aren't anything to write home about, but that's because I test poorly and definitely doesn't mean I'm a dumbass. My mom thinks I'm smart, anyway.