Re: A Bit Needy Right Now


> And third - I did something dumb and now I feel dumb for it!! LOL I
> took an online I.Q. test. I know they're totally unreliable and all
> that, but it's pretty much the standard test they always used to give.
> I had mine done when I was 12 (to get into 'specialized' school) and it
> was 149. I took one when I first came online and had taken a couple
> since and they were coming in around 125-135. I didn't really care
> that it seemed to have dropped - life happens and it depends what time
> of day you take it and so on and so on and so on.
>
> Well, my score this time was 113. It told me I should feel proud, cuz
> I had a lot of skill and scored just slightly above average. I should
> feel good about myself and blah, blah, blah. LOL I've never seen one
> that didn't say something like "You are highly developed in certain
> areas and score well above . . . "
>
> I know it's just a stupid test that means nothing but I gotta admit - I
> feel BAD! I almost cried, but stopped myself. A lot has happened in
> the last year - including me losing 25 points on my I.Q. score. :o(

Don't feel bad. This happens to be another area I find quite intresting and
I know some stuff about, neuro science, and neuro pschycology, (Or please
forgive my spelling and gramar on here, I am an excellent writer and very
articulate, I am slightly autistic, so the transition of works from my mind
to "paper" can be extremely difficult. If I write, I normally have to have
someone that really understand what I am trying to say, edit the hell out of
my stuff. I will use a word in my speach, but I won't even be able to
figure out how to spell that word well enough to get the *&^# spell checing
to suggest a propery spelling for me... On top of that, I do write a lot of
messages and such, and I type quickly, and I do make more mistakes than I
would if I was going a lot slower and spening a lot of time proofing
everymessage...)

I was labeled with "Executive Disfunction" (Read books by Elkhon Goldberb
about the subject, I will look up titles and make suggestions if your
intrested, just ask) and it is basically a little more serious infliction of
the common "fibro fog" with a unknown pathlogy in my case... I am sure on
online tests that my iq would look like ***. But in a professional setting
with a board certified doc, they still find my iq up aroud 150, in a
standard palmer scale.. So try not to read too much into it. The "fibro
fog" / executive disfunction can eaisly mess you up enough to cause you to
score lower.

Does it mean that this disorder / aliment ("fibro fog") causes you to be
less intelligent? No. Does it mean it inpaires your ability to think,
remember and perform some of the time? Yes.

Now, Is it possible that physical trama to the bring causes memory loss?
Yes, but other area of the brain may make up for it. If your really
concerned, and really dedicated, I can recomend one of elkhorns books that
lays a road map for cognitive exercises that can help you regain and enhance
your intelligance.

Intelligance, and neuro pschyc, are so complaicated, that only a small
handful of people alive even have a reasonable grasp on what going on up
there... So in short don't feel bad. but if you do and you want to do
something about it, let me know and i wll find the best placefor oyu to buy
that book from (its one of the few books on the subject of cognitive
enhanement that I actually feel is legitmate) ...

Jamie


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