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Spuuky Buu :
Some of this is literal IQ. Intelligence is one feature of how a person’s mind works. I believe it’s impossible to accurately imagine what it’s like to have an IQ 20 points higher. It would be more difficult for a therapist, with slightly-above-average IQ, to understand a gifted person, than to understand someone with the disorders covered in the textbook. Different kinds and depths of thoughts are available, that can’t be summed up with a label like “delusions of reference” or “rumination” or “narcissistic collapse”, that the therapist could comprehend, unless they had that level of intelligence themselves. On a bell curve, the average person has an IQ of 100. 130 is as far outside the average range, and as uncommon, as 70. An IQ of 70 is isolating because the 100s can’t explain their thoughts in terms the 70 would understand. 130 is isolating because the 130 can’t explain their thoughts in terms the 100 would understand. If a client with a 160 IQ goes to a therapist with a 115 IQ, the client will have things they can only express by oversimplifying, and years of experience living that way. The therapist will start reaching for diagnoses they’re familiar with, that are not accurate descriptions of the client. Most people have a guess of what intelligence is and how it presents itself, are wrong, and would find it easier to continue being wrong than to update their assumptions. Intelligence is not a tool someone uses when they need to think. It’s a permanent attribute that can’t be turned off, and is present in every experience the person has. I don’t think the therapist needs to be more intelligent than the client, but the client can be more than 20 IQ points smarter than the therapist, for the therapist to understand and have any help to offer.
2026-07-23 12:33:45
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☀️nightshadetat🌔🇨🇦 :
Oooof hahaha yes i just wanted tools.. i needed ways to work thru what i was feeling rather than talking about it so much
2026-07-05 18:55:06
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CleoCat98 :
I wouldn’t say that’s entirely IQ related. Mine is 125, but my EQ is about half of normal (according to a test a psychologist gave me).
2026-08-14 20:10:46
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KTL :
what does it matter?
2026-07-10 02:39:39
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Anonnass :
How to convey this without looking grandiose 😬
2026-09-01 22:42:47
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smol-frog 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 :
As a teen I was smarter than the 3 therapists my mother took me to. I lost respect for them (in different ways) when I had to explain what to me were simple concepts of interpersonal interactions. One woman seemed to be purposely misunderstanding me and smiling about it. The man I went to kept wanting to talk about my “sex life” and the men I was with. At 15 I was not having sex and he treated me as if I was lying. The last therapist I tried going to couldn’t remember that I had sent an email where I wrote out the topics I wanted to discuss because I felt nervous and felt it was easier(more succinct) to explain in writing.
2026-07-28 02:19:17
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namelessintheusa :
Idk, I have a high iq and it’s isolating as hell. CBT, dbt and most of the random crap is useless, I can outthink it everytime. My therapist eventually abandoned me because she “ran out of tools” eventually i realized what I wanted the most was someone to witness my loss and grief and isolation and ChatGPT can fulfill that. 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
2026-08-02 16:21:51
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Jesus Children's Ministries :
more blessings sister
2026-07-05 09:02:43
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Marius Marais473 :
accountability is always the best thing but it has to be for something you actually did taking accountability for things you did not doniscself betrayal because there is actually some form of sentence you.place upon yourself
2026-07-05 09:14:50
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unknownuser :
agreed
2026-07-11 00:17:38
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𓆣like :
wait, I just realized why therapy has never worked for me lol 😪
2026-07-06 13:00:41
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bavisti :
CBT doesn't work on neurodivergent people. EMDR does
2026-07-05 08:26:31
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pat1entz3r0 :
Right and the smarter the therapist the less accessible to me
2026-07-05 11:54:23
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_seabreez_ :
I had several therapist tell me they don’t have the experience to help me since I have more knowledge than what they’re use too working with. I’m to self aware for them.
2026-07-07 04:26:56
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Badwolf :
I think healing is a buzz word that makes little sense. I cry and I cry. And I'll cry next year too for the dog I loved and lost. No amount of therapy or effort will heal that.
2026-07-08 16:36:30
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BennybeBenny :
Oof, iq is not a helpful metric beyond understanding the content in therapy. and comparing "being healed" to "iq" is silly, theyre not correlated at all. Healing is a journey, upkeep and a developmental process. youre talking about openess, client/therapist fit, accessibility, and attunement.
2026-07-06 18:29:08
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yadigggbabyyy :
Crazy concept to openly place judgement on your client’s capability of being a therapist in a safe place meant to be confidential and judgement-free. Different upbringings and cultures affect the way people experience emotions and life itself. I’d hate to see this if I were your client.
2026-07-08 06:12:59
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spellbyalina :
💯
2026-07-05 23:38:19
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