It is widely known by psychologist that extremely smart people of very high intelligence often have a psychological condition of paranoia. Have you ever wondered why this is? I’ve read some information on this, and I’m not sure I really enjoy the commentary, or buy into all the research reports. However, I do have some theories of my own which I’d like to spend a few moments and discuss with you.

You see, it appears to me that the reason that very intelligent people slip into a psychological paranoia situations so easily is because they have excellent memories, and see things and relate them with other things, instances and circumstances at a more robust pace, and due to the speed of their brain, find themselves exhibiting a new brainwaves as this occurs. In other words, in simplification; let’s just say that they get the déjà vu sensation 10 times as fast as the average person.

Also, folks that are well-versed in many topics and subjects know a little bit about everything, and when they are talking and discussing things in various categories, they have explored every nook and cranny of those topics completely previously. Therefore anything that someone says, or comes up with, they have most likely heard before, or had even thought of themselves. You can see how this could initiate and trigger a paranoia episode.

People that are too smart, and I’m assuming you’re “not” one of them if you’re reading this article, don’t have this problem, so they can’t relate, at least not as easily. That’s okay, many people don’t understand, and I suppose that many psychologists who are not very intelligent, and perhaps have far too much schooling for their own good, don’t understand the psychological triggers, or the way that these high-powered brains are able to process information.

The faster a brain processes information, and thinks and reasons, the more things it is able to think about, often simultaneously, and therefore it makes connections all over the place. Some of them are relatively simple connections, that regular people also make, including you, or those that aren’t quite as smart. In fact, there might be some point whereas someone with an IQ of 150 or above may have had every single thought that a person of 100 IQ could ever possibly have.

In other words, whatever the person with the hundred IQ says, the person with the higher IQ has already thoroughly explored that information. Therefore, as a conversation progresses, the person with the higher IQ will lead the conversation, and the person with a lesser IQ will attempt to keep up and say things which are either common knowledge, or might make them look smart. Unfortunately, in doing this, it adds to the paranoia challenge of the “intellectual being” because it’s as if all that information is nothing more than a replay – and they reason “how did they know” what I’m thinking, is this a trick?

I hope I’ve explained this to you, however you may not understand it, because not everyone seems to be able to grasp this concept, my thinking is; that is because they’re unable. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.