Hey guys ! Do you think that OCD sufferers are often high intelligent or is this a myth?

I think this could be true. I also think we are HIGHLY observant to detail, even the smallest most overlooked ones.

well I am pretty smart so it's true 😼😎

With my obsessive compulsive googling I’ve become a psychologist without a degree lol

Yes lol .

I was just reminded of this question too and I thought well I certainly don't fit in that category. Not anymore at least. At this point I feel I'm losing my faculties. Have to be able to think about stuff without becoming overwhelmed. And that is not a happening thing.

“Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is not associated with a higher intelligence quotient (IQ), a myth popularized by Sigmund Freud, according to researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Texas State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”

Well, I think one way to look at it is that OCD sufferers often HAVE to become intelligent, because in order to recover, you have to be able to understand your thinking pattern, forms of therapy, etc. So having the disorder can sometimes probably cause you to gain more knowledge, either because you’re genuinely curious about what’s going on in your head or you just pick up wisdom on your own through experience. Not only that , a lot of OCD sufferers have overactive brains and sometimes that can manifest itself in being fixated on things and picking up a lot of knowledge on whatever topic they’re super passionate about. Just my two cents though. Obviously you don’t need OCD to be intelligent, but I can see why someone with OCD would probably be intelligent.

Well yes but I mean If we are discussing IQ then the data says no, unfortunately there isn’t a correlation

Maybe! I am not sure if this is a question that anyone could give the right answer to. What if in a way, this is just us seeking answers to questions to make ourselves feel better?