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Because ignorance is bliss as they say. Think about it logically. Your uneducated and poor, have a crappy job, but your not alone and the people you work with may hang with you as a group. Happened to me during my pre-college days working in a restaurant.
Having greater intelligence makes you more aware of situations, you may have a job with higher pay and more responsibility with less time for friends.
You can also be seeking a relationship with someone of similar intelligence which could limit your selection of individuals.
Now it's not like depression can't happen to both intelligent and unintelligent people, but maybe those are just a few reasons why it might be more likely.
Very intelligent people, going to the extreme here tend to first spend a lot more time alone. They tend to find answers to big questions about humanity and the core of this chaotic world.
But most depressed people are not at that intelligent level. That fact is more so to make important findings about depression.
They think a lot more about things and not only does just overthinking cause stress which in turn can cause depression, but what they're thinking about can also influence their emotions. Intelligent people are more likely to experience existential crises which means basically questioning the meaning of life. They think about their place in the world and how insignificant it can seem and they see that a lot clearer and more often. Intelligent people also seem to be a lot more likely to be depressed because they tend to look at things without sugar coating them. They see a glass half empty more often than not. That can cause depression.
Intelligent people have the luxury of understanding things average people do not. However, some things are simply baffling how horrible they are and not even the most intelligent among us can make sense of it. Intelligent people feel the pressure to solve problems and some are simply bigger than the intelligent person. It's terrifying, demoralizing, and depressing. I also think that serotonin imbalances and melancholy are also linked to higher intelligence. That's just what I have personally observed. Depression makes the average mind's eye learn to see in the dark.
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There are so many reasons. Here's a few:
We lack the ability to believe in invisible men in the sky who promise it'll be alright. We also understand, better than the stupid, the fragility of life. Then consider that the world is designed forbthe stupid. When you're sitting in class listening to the instructor say for the 5000 time that blah blah blah, you realize that the world caters to the retatrded.
They do say that ignorance is bliss.
Intelligent people tend to have more on their minds (surprise!)
and in turn often gets hurt by everything sad happening around them.
Because fuck you, that's why.
In all seriousness, I don't know. Maybe it has to do with the fact that the more intelligent you are, the more you tend to overthink. I like to think of it as life's way of making sure that we don't have it too easy.
Because an intelligent mind needs to occupied all the time and when they aren't occupied they start analysing things around them and realise that nothing is perfect or things aren't the way they want them to be or that the world isn't such a great place and start to feel depressed because of it.
They see how stupid this world actually is and want to escape from this garbeage.
I'm not that intelligent, but I feel them.
Consciousness can sometimes be a curse. Intelligent people are more aware of the negative things going on in the world.
They have a deeper understanding of how shitty everything is.
We think too much... I have ptsd and bpd as well as depression/anxiety
Because they think. They analyze. That most people don't do.
because they think way to much and over analyse everything
Because intelligent people feel noones on their level i mean really hearing society bable about the kardashians gives smart people depression
lack of understanding equals to lack of reasons to be depressed.
because they are smart enough to know their lives are horrible
Intelligence is relative. Depreion ma be causing many reason. But this world is cruel. So, I think it is nice people who generally suffer
I guess they have a fuller perspective on life.
Know onw understand's them I guess
Anyone can have depression!
because we think too much on the bad things.
"Ignorance is bliss"... lol jk
Not all.
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