Why do smart people become depressed?

[jennifer_bloom]

A guy I liked in second year college, and two guys I liked in middle school struggled with depression as adults. The first guy was in the gifted program as a child and I believe he was gifted mode 3; mode 1 is for those in the 98th percentile of intelligence; mode 2 and 3 are even more rare, the second guy got accepted into the psychiatry program at the University of Toronto, and the third guy memorized 500 pages of new material in 2.5 days for his exams at the University of Toronto and aced his exams. All three of them went through periods of extreme depression as adults, and at least one considered suicide.

[lyrem04]

Because we’re deep thinkers. We overthink a lot, it’s like a burden. But when you have a child who is gifted it’s recommended NOT to get them tested it can be considered a disability, also gifted programs aren’t good for development as much as people would think it is, it’s supposed to be steady. Simply let them live the most normal life as possible to prevent those things as well a child need all of the things for proper development they need to play and engage with children their age that’s their right it can’t all be serious and disciplined.

[purplepoppy]

There's an old saying.

"If you can keep your head, when all around you are losing theirs.

Then your too dumb to grasp the seriousness of the situation. "

You see happy people live in the moment. But depressed people live in another time. They dwell on things from years ago such as what happened at school. Or they live in the future, worrying about every little possibility that might happen.

[DCVsMarvel2]

Some of the lonliest people, are the smartest

I like to think I'm smart, at least smarter than most of the people on here, but, that doesn't equal happiness

[GuybrushFunkwadd]

LoL I've never been depressed does that make me stupid

[BlackoutHaiku]

They think more than other people

[xyzguy1296]

Because they think too much

[Bella457]

I don't know