Is it normal that i think i could secretly be a genius?

You know that albert einstein failed miserably in school..... Tests or even societies perceptions rarely capture the intricacies of a truly intelligent mind. If you think you are above average, then accept it, and conquer the world!!!

Personally, it'd be very easy for me to define genius as an IQ score because my mind is pretty much ideally configured for IQ tests. The problem is this: the only thing those tests are checking for is the ability to analyse, spot patterns, and predict based upon given criteria.

For me, Salvador Dali is a genius twice over. First of all for his sheer natural painting ability. Secondly for what he can imagine and construct. Give him an IQ test, though, and I bet his results wouldn't be anything out of the ordinary.

In short, the word "genius" even though it suits my vanity to define it the way it currently is, genuinely is far too narrowly defined.

Neither of the mentors in my life ever said they were genius even though it was painfully obvious to me and everyone around me who followed their lead.

So the fact that you point to yourself as brilliant tells me you're aren't. And if you are then let others do your bragging for you. Why should you need to blow your own horn?

I have had the same.

It's part of human nature to see oneself as superior to one's peers, whether true or not we all in some part of our consciousness believe ourselves to be special; we don't see others' perspectives so we can never fully understand another. As such, we think what we are going through is different, unique but, in reality, it isn't at all. That's what this website is built on - the foundational beliefs each of us has that we're not like the others and a strange want to feel kinship, albeit anonymously, with our fellow seemingly-special people.

Anyway, yes, it is certainly normal.

Maybe. Most teenagers (I assume you are adolescent) think they're secretly smarter than everyone else.

Guess its normal people nowadays breed like rabits and their kids secretly think they are the chosen one just to distract themselves from thinking they're nothing but an unplanned mistake their parents made wen they were teenagers.

I wouldnt say genius.... Smart, maybe. I do the same thing, everyone thinks im stupid, but i just think harder about everything.

Wrong move fuck'em, ya gotta think positive: but if you think you can, then try to be able to. I work on the confidence that I'm a genius and no one else is, great one fuck'em, and a little bit normal.

yeah, everyone thinks i'm stupid. but i think things so much smarter and better than they do, and i know this sounds cocky but i'm serious. i think the deepest, smartest shit. i create these crazy theories and keep going with them and i know bigger words than everyone else

where are the people like you at and when can we all congregate together. I totally feel you. When someone can stimulate my mind, its an awesome feeling cause sometimes I just get bored of mindless chitchat. YOu are normal I think, I'm the same way.

Ha ha, we all process information differently. Being a ditz is a personality trait, and does not always indicate intelligence. However people of a really high intelligence tend to be socially awkward and don't look for validation. I do believe that we all have something to offer but it may not be brains.