Wow! Arrogance is a stretch honestly.... What you describe is really more along the lines of a (borderline) narcissistic personality disorder. Google it, and read the descriptions about the "disorder"... Fortunately you don't sound too bad really, but you could definitely use a healthy dose of reality there.
Always try to keep in mind that no matter how intellectually superior you perceive yourself to be, there is ALWAYS someone out there who actually IS intellectually superior to YOU. The other thing to remember is, even though you MAY actually be superior to "other people" in some ways (possibly in MANY ways), 99.99999%% of the time there is at least ONE thing that the "other person" is SUPERIOR to YOU, even if it is something as simple as being more humble than you are. -Get the idea?
In other words, try to be humble dude... If you let your head get too big, it's REALLY going to hurt when the day comes along that someone bursts your bubble. -And like some other folks said in their comments above, that day WILL come eventually... *POP!*
Seriously though, no matter what, keep those "superior" thoughts to yourself when amongst your peers... AND if you find that these thoughts are preventing you from befriending otherwise good people, you may want to consider speaking with a therapist about this issue... Don't ever be afraid to improve upon yourself. If you always choose to remain the same, or always think yourself to be better already and never needing improvement, then you will ultimately make yourself to be an ignorant person in the eyes of your peers... -And keep in mind that ignorance breeds stupidity in even the most intelligent persons.
Arrogance (Feeling superior)
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Wow! Arrogance is a stretch honestly.... What you describe is really more along the lines of a (borderline) narcissistic personality disorder. Google it, and read the descriptions about the "disorder"... Fortunately you don't sound too bad really, but you could definitely use a healthy dose of reality there.
Always try to keep in mind that no matter how intellectually superior you perceive yourself to be, there is ALWAYS someone out there who actually IS intellectually superior to YOU. The other thing to remember is, even though you MAY actually be superior to "other people" in some ways (possibly in MANY ways), 99.99999%% of the time there is at least ONE thing that the "other person" is SUPERIOR to YOU, even if it is something as simple as being more humble than you are. -Get the idea?
In other words, try to be humble dude... If you let your head get too big, it's REALLY going to hurt when the day comes along that someone bursts your bubble. -And like some other folks said in their comments above, that day WILL come eventually... *POP!*
Seriously though, no matter what, keep those "superior" thoughts to yourself when amongst your peers... AND if you find that these thoughts are preventing you from befriending otherwise good people, you may want to consider speaking with a therapist about this issue... Don't ever be afraid to improve upon yourself. If you always choose to remain the same, or always think yourself to be better already and never needing improvement, then you will ultimately make yourself to be an ignorant person in the eyes of your peers... -And keep in mind that ignorance breeds stupidity in even the most intelligent persons.
Good luck to you , and God bless!