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Originally Posted by MikeSty
Social anxiety pretty much blows, but I'm afraid though that if I pursue treatment for it I will lose my gift of intelligence - my most valuable trait.
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How would it make you lose your intelligence? That doesn't make sense at all to me... it's not like they give you a lobotomy or something.
(sorry, bad joke... but really, counseling/cognitive-behavioral therapy is not damaging to the IQ as far as I know... it just helps with social skills and getting rid of those tics).
Those of you who are self-diagnosing as a result of this thread... be careful! We are not trained professionals. What I do find interesting, though, is that there is a huge proportion of kids in Silicon Valley who have Asperger's, probably as a result of their parents being computer nerds who got married to each othere and work there. At least, that was the article put out by Wired magazine several years ago... check it out for more diagnostic information:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9...ergers_pr.html