Signs of a person with very high IQ
As a parent of a profoundly gifted child, who is friends with a lot of highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted young people, I have noticed the following:
- There is a deep intensity in the eyes — they seem like an “old soul”.
- They become obsessed with a particular topic, such as the sinking of the Titanic, or World War II, of Egyptian hieroglyphics, and will learn everything there is to know about that topic before moving on to the next obsession.
- When the young ones are interested in a subject, they will “drink from the fire hose” to learn about it, but when they are not interested, they may daydream (tune out), or act out.
- They have a sophisticated sense of humor that kids their age won’t really understand. There is an almost instant understanding that the high IQ kid is different, unless he/she is dumbing himself or herself down to fit in.
- They only need to hear something once to learn it, whereas the average person needs to hear it 5 or 6 times. So the seemingly endless repetition of lessons without moving at a more rapid pace is mind-numbing and frustrating. A high IQ person also often seems to know or understand certain concepts without being exposed to them in school or in books. They seem to understand how the world works without being taught. Once when my husband and I were trying to figure out why a particular toy was broken, our 15 month old daughter toddled over to us and said, “maybe it needs batteries?”
- They think outside the box to solve certain problems and can come up with solutions that stun or surprise their teachers.
- High IQ people are intense, and are very sensitive. Sometimes this heightened sensitivity will show up in being picky about the textures of certain clothing items (always cutting out tags), or food allergies/intolerances, and not just emotions.
- Unless they can find true peers who understand them on a deep level, high IQ people are lonely. Courtesy of
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