Okay, so don't get me wrong: slow-witted is a far cry from dim-witted. I'd like to think of myself as fairly intelligent: I graduated valedictorian of my high school and I took an IQ test once and scored 140. However, I'm extremely slow to respond to pretty much everything, which makes me feel really slow-witted.
For example, if someone tells a joke, I'll get it... around a minute after everyone's done laughing. If I'm arguing with someone, I'll think of the right thing to say about an hour later. Just today, I was driving down the highway and I saw a blown tire and I was like "wtf what am I supposed to do?" and I was too slow-witted to think of going to the OTHER lane so I drove over it and messed up my car. Basically, my reactions are SO SLOW that I feel really stupid very much of the time. Why am I so slow to react? And does anyone have any tips to change this? Thanks!
For example, if someone tells a joke, I'll get it... around a minute after everyone's done laughing. If I'm arguing with someone, I'll think of the right thing to say about an hour later. Just today, I was driving down the highway and I saw a blown tire and I was like "wtf what am I supposed to do?" and I was too slow-witted to think of going to the OTHER lane so I drove over it and messed up my car. Basically, my reactions are SO SLOW that I feel really stupid very much of the time. Why am I so slow to react? And does anyone have any tips to change this? Thanks!
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