Why am I so stupid?

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Why am I so stupid?

I am not sure; if you could elaborate that would be good. You have enough command of English & computers to post here and possess some self-awareness (though it sounds flawed or biased against yourself.) So I don't think you're that stupid.

If you feel down or sad, or have done something exceptionally dumb, that happens to everybody: maybe talking about it would help you feel better. If it would, this is a good place to do it.

Hope you're all right.

My guess is that you think you are stupid because you are forgetting about or minimising all the smart things you have done, and focusing upon and catastrophising a few mistakes.

[quote="Borromeo"]I am not sure; if you could elaborate that would be good. /quote]

I feel myself stupid all the time because I don't know anything, and I have very poor working memory.

I feel like anxiety may be the cause of your “poor working memory.”

I know it’s the cause of mine.

What do you like to do when you’re off the Internet?

I think that because you recognise so-called "stupidity" (although I think "stupid" a harsh word to describe someone else) in yourself, you are not "stupid". I think that to be "stupid", you'd have to not realise at all that you are "stupid".

You say you "don't know anything". Well, the only way to get to know something you don't know is to find it out. For example, yesterday I decided that I should go and join my local snooker club because I might finally make friends in real life. The problem was, up until today, I didn't even know the rules of snooker. So I searched "how to play snooker" on YouTube, found a video explaining the rules, and wrote them down in my notes to go over. Now I know that snooker involves 22 balls, is played on a 12-foot-long-and-6-foot-wide table, and that you can score a maximum of 147 points in one trip to the snooker table.

I still don't understand a lot of the words used by posters in the Politics, Philosophy and Religion section of the forum. My interest in politics is not very big, partly because of that. It's important to remember that everybody can't know and do everything.

What type of stuff do you read?

What sort of drawings do you create?

I don’t tend to read the greatest literature. I tend to read biographies of sports figures.

I am 100% certain that you are not stupid!! I understand though, because people often made me feel stupid. For me, this mainly stems from coming across as lacking common sense, being absent-minded, and also being klutzy. However, these are all false perceptions and completely normal for being autistic! I think about the things I do well and realize that the things that I struggle with are small in comparison. Other people just don't understand because they find those things easy and do not need to give them a second thought. On the other hand, I am sure they would struggle with some of your talents. Regardless, I used to be self-critical whenever I struggled with something that others would consider "intuitive", but I now have a better understanding of my strengths/weaknesses and compare my progress to myself only.

That’s pretty good.

You might do better on a real IQ test like the Wechsler’s.