>I think this is why depression rates are higher in more intelligent people. There's a better ability to comprehend and change your life, but that usually doesn't translate to the willpower and wisdom needed to do so.
Other possibilities:
- intelligent people have a history of being bullied and develop anxiety/depression from that
- they struggle with impossibly high expectations placed on them
- genes associated with intelligence increase risk of mental illness
- they rely too much on their intellect at an early age and fail to develop other important skills
- intelligent people may be more arrogant and have difficulty maintaining friendships
- a higher correlation of neurodivergence and the difficulties of living in a world not designed for them