My low IQ makes me feel inferior.

I have quite a good IQ, and my social skills aren't that good...why? Because I'm too scared to look like someone that has no chatting talent, because most of my friends do, and they tell me i'm a great guy, but I really don't feel like it. I'm very awkward with girls, always have been, my physical appearance sure doesn't help, but I just can't talk to girls I don't know, if they are attractive. Just get confidence, you don't need no IQ to chat with friends, just talk about what they like, share your thoughts, they're not that bad. You're only feeling like this because you THINK your thoughts are stupid, they sure aren't.

I just got my GED when I was 42, I am 46 now. I too felt like an outcast at an early age. I was convicted of theft at 18 and that gave me a record, and never could get that job I wanted. I became self employed and learned to talk to people. It is important to feel confident in yourself when you talk. I ask God to be with me, that way if i really screw up. he will assure me it was his fault,(he is never to blame) =) This is a good place to practice engagement and and participation in discussion. A good place as well to not worry much about criticism. There are way too many people in the world of different kinds. None of us are perfect...which says alot. I think you are quit ok and I wouldn't mind you adding me as a friend.

Just how low of an IQ do you claim to have? The reason I ask is because what you wrote is well-crafted and thought out. It could be that you're a bit shy around your friends-I also don't care to share my thoughts with people I know for fear of being laughed at. Don't beat yourself up-you don't come off as being dumb. You do sound as if you've allowed yourself with to be intimidated and bullied into BELIEVING you're dumb.

Hello joevanosa I am so sorry to hear that you feel this way. My heart is heavy for you. There are many different kinds of intelligence. Your colleagues seem to me like they may be lacking in emotional intelligence because they don't know how to relate to people. In seeing you interact on the myLot, I certainly see nothing that indicates that you have a low IQ. You seem a very intelligent person. You can converse in more than one language, which is something I can't do and I have multiple degrees. Like you, I have struggled with sharing who I am with other people because I have assumed that I didn't have anything worthwhile to offer and that other people knew so much more than me or were so much smarter than I. As I've grown older, I've come to realize that that is hogwash. We all, each of us, have something valuable to share with the world. There is none other like you. You are precious. Your ideas are worthwhile. Don't ever forget that. I would be proud to add you as a friend, and I hope that you will accept.

No one in this world has a low IQ. I bet you should uplift your confidence. Lack of confidence makes one person not to show the real talents.

Never underestimate yourself cuz you'll tend to be more criticized if you downgrade yourself. Reading newspapers and other article-related materials are enough, you'll just notice it later :) But it's more fun if you Watch shows using english language and information-packed nature. I think i also have low IQ but i have my expertise. Everyone has their own strengths. Yo have that, believe in yourself.

There is nothing to be ashamed of in having a low IQ. This is simply a fact of life and something that is totally out of your control. We are all born with certain qualities, such as the colour of our eyes, height and other physical qualities, none of which we have any control over. Would you be ashamed about the colour of your eyes? I am fortunate enough to have a respectable IQ, which showed many years ago when I applied to Mensa and qualified for membership. However, I am not foolish enough to believe that this makes me a better person than someone with a lower IQ. I would suggest that the people who may ridicule you have far more reason to feel ashamed than you have.

You should never compare yourself to anybody else, because if you go through your life being like that then you're just going to find that you never match up to other people and then you'll think that you're not the absolute best that you can be. I went through this, and I soon found that IQ isn't everything, and that there are many things that redeem you from perhaps having a low IQ, and you should concentrate on these things rather than the thing that you're not able to change. Don't go through your life with regrets, as this isn't going to get you anywhere.

Hello joevanosa, You should not care about your IQ which is not very important for your social life. I think you are just a bit too shy because you underestimate yourself. Don't be afraid to share often your opinions and to discuss them, but try to avoid commonplaces if you want to draw the attention of others.

From the way you wrote your pieces and the discussions you put up, you don't look low IQ to me. Or is it I am low IQ too? :) No, my friend, don't feel depressed for something that is not true. If the 'friends' that you are with are not really friends in the true sense of the word, look for others. You don't have to be treated lowly just because they want to. Every one must have something that he is good at. At least you write okay, not like some people, who can not even write properly. Remember, YOU ARE WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE!

Every complex can be covered just take it as a challenge and work on it.Nobody is born great,intelligence can be acquired by learning.Read and talk to people and make it your habit you'll learn in no time.

you should feel like that! I don't have a high IQ and I know how you feel. I used to feel like that all the time. But after a talk with my mother, I felt more confident. She told me that you should not be afraid to express you opinions and ideas. People these days have an open mind, if say someone is not , then ignore them, because they are the one who are dumb. If people think that your idea is weird, it's ok. not everyone is perfect. High IQ doesn't guarantee good ideas. Beside, who knows, maybe your idea could potentially make a huge difference in this world, and if you are too afraid to express it, would it be a totally waste if you just keep it to yourself? :)