A study published in the British Journal of Psychology has demonstrated that a low interest in socialization is specific for very intelligent people.
So, if you’re an intelligent person, you might recognize some of these personality traits: you might be less sociable then other people and you can occasionally feel anxious, but you know that it is a normal, acceptable thing.
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Psychologists discovered that there is a connection between frequent social interaction and a low satisfaction of a fulfilled life. They made studies in which they included people between the ages of 18 and 28 years.
The study goes around the idea that intelligent people can easily adapt to the challenges of modern life, so they can leave their group of friends and focus on themselves with no problem. The more intelligent a person is, the less he or she feels the need to be in a circle of people, because they don’t need that feeling of membership to feel okay.
They are capable to find their purpose in life on their own.
When an intelligent person has to choose between being a part of a group of people and going on his/her own path, he/she is likely to be willing to trust his own strength. It seems that people who live in little towns are less happy.
This can be related to the fact that in a small town, the connections between people are more intimate, so the need to impress appears. When living in a small town, everyone knows who you are, so you feel pressured to act in a certain way.
This is how some people become the “slaves” of social standards, trying to be nice and make everyone happy, forgetting about their own priorities.
Intelligent people avoid stuff like this and they often choose to focus on themselves. This doesn’t mean that they are selfish or rude, they simply know that they can’t make everyone happy and that they don’t need fake friendships to survive, so they are happy with a small circle or even on their own.
