"The worst pain a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing." -Herodotus
@RachaelCollins-3 ай бұрын
Ahhh, the power of Your Self. And what use is it to anyone else? None. Only You have the Power to be Happy or not. ❤
@breckfreeride3 ай бұрын
@@RachaelCollins- only 1/2 true... How happy would you be if you knew something bad was imminent, like your child was going to die? Can you still choose to be happy? Your will has to overcome your intelect.
@xcept73553 ай бұрын
Insight is power
@lianeli54062 ай бұрын
Constant pain and suffering. Internal facepalms each and every day .. 😑😑😑
@Stuckintheghetto2 ай бұрын
Silent suffering
@mehmedtiro4123 ай бұрын
Strangely, it's crazy how this works.
@UncannyLiving3 ай бұрын
That is the burden of the highly intelligent, seeing the true failures and grimness of the world makes them miserable. The term "ignorance is bliss" is truth. That's why Hunter gatherer tribes not considered "intelligent" (in our modern standards) have no concept of suicide, it's completely foreign to them, often times simple lives are the happiest. It's sad how many gifted and extremely world changing intelligent people have been lost to depression and suicide
@bohoasa3 ай бұрын
@@UncannyLiving nah fr tho i wish i was ignorant but alas idk if im smart or not but i feel like knowing so much history and seeing the current events just feels depressing ngl
@jamie21563 ай бұрын
@@bohoasaJudging by what you just wrote in this comment section, I can tell you that you definitely are not as smart as you think, have no self awareness, and 0 social skills.
@pyros43333 ай бұрын
@@bohoasaReality is best when you know it for what it is. Depression is the management of your reaction to it. Unfortunately, the world's not in a great place 😅
@loganblackwood29223 ай бұрын
@@pyros4333Some people become allergic to their reality through trauma. Some are born allergic to reality through supposed gifts. Sometime is is a combination of both.
@destendgem3 ай бұрын
Worst part is, House knew exactly what he meant.
@Brandnew333 ай бұрын
Yep he’s said similar things about mentally challenged and how he’s envious of them.
@tw84642 ай бұрын
House almost did the same thing himself lol 😆
@inorite45532 ай бұрын
And still decided to be completely abrasive towards others.
@uuu123433 ай бұрын
"The curse of being a genius is that it is unbearable to be able to see the outcome of certain people's actions but the individual does not nor refuse to heed your words"
@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife3 ай бұрын
It's more like having the answer to almost every problem and then being censored into silence. You sound like your asking for someone to solve the problems, the issue isn't tgat there aren't any answers it's that the one with the answers can't get enough power to carry them out. We have whole paradoxes that if you think about for more than half a second they solve themselves. There's no real great mystery once you figure it all out. But why give to a miserable evil people, it's in their nature, the appeal to their souls demands pain and judgement. Only a fool would bend the knee to the whims of these masses. Whom would gladly sacrifice them if they heard the right broadcast. The world doesn't have problems, the world has issues. It craves problems to forget, because it despises itself, it can't accept itself. Humanity is made by the weakest links and it shows. It's better to severe ties and make a new chain.
@BlizzardofOze3 ай бұрын
@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife I mean, that's what mass extinctions are for. Unfortunately for progress, we figured out how to conquer death, at least partially. Now we live longer, happier lives while the things that will end us all slowly become insurmountable in the background.
@PoorEdward3 ай бұрын
Dumbest thing I’ve read all day lmao
@PoorEdward3 ай бұрын
@@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knifethis is empirically wrong and you have no experience to feel otherwise
@PoorEdward3 ай бұрын
@@BlizzardofOzemfw I watch fight club and god is dead!!! Can’t wait for your kierkegaard arc and you take that leap of faith !!
@mariuszmoraw35713 ай бұрын
Sometimes ethanol is vilifed because it's key component of all kind of alcohols but it neutralizes a lot of negative substances as well.
@Lauren_C3 ай бұрын
Ethanol is also a fantastic solvent, and does an excellent job in removing odors from clothing (a trick I learned in theatre). I don’t drink, but having some vodka or Everclear around is still pretty useful.
@imsorrythankyouplease76133 ай бұрын
It’s crazy how asbestos is vilified for giving people lung cancer, but it’s such a great insulator!
@kokou23293 ай бұрын
Ethanol is also used to treat antifreeze poisoning in animals.
@alexthorsman31863 ай бұрын
Component
@CED993 ай бұрын
@kokou2329 it's also used to treat antifreeze poisoning in people, and methanol poisoning - I think there may even be a house episode on methanol
@dylanmaupin2083 ай бұрын
“When I was low everything wasn’t so miserable” felt that one unfortunately
@michaelmckenna12293 ай бұрын
Right there with you friend. There will be a light at the end of the tunnel😌
@jellyfishfields56573 ай бұрын
And she rolls her eyes
@Tespri3 ай бұрын
What? You're some edgy teenager who heart first time that everyone will eventually die,
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
Only stupid people that pretend to be smart think that being smart means being depressed, miserable, hopeless. Actual smart people are able to find happiness and reason in almost anything.
@Tespri3 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483 exactly, it's just this typical stereotype created based on people's views when they are still young.
@rowanbelling39313 ай бұрын
In a dark way, you can see why he did it. As the saying goes, “Ignorance is bliss.”
@Iamdark12343 ай бұрын
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." is the full quote
@9553shadow3 ай бұрын
@@Iamdark1234yea, but that is not the point now, is it? Don't be a smart ass and correct people on quotes. Using a part of a quote to convey an idea is normal. The full quote has nothing to do with the situation.
@Iamdark12343 ай бұрын
@@9553shadow how is me showing someone the full quote being a "smartass" its the actual quote that should be used not the shorten version.
@9553shadow3 ай бұрын
@@Iamdark1234 the full quote is just a guy bitching that everyone around him is stupid, the shortened quote is about how less intelligent people are happier because they do not know all the negatives in their lives. So the original quote was repurposed to the shortened one. And what you were trying to do is refute someone using the shortened quote by using the full one, that is being a smartass. Because you did it for the sake of sounding smarter than the original comment.
@JimJamTalks3 ай бұрын
@@9553shadowThere’s never a reason to use a portion of a quote. The only reason anybody ever uses a partial quote is to take it out of context and make it fit their narrative, “smart ass”
@smokey25403 ай бұрын
It sorta works. It’s not like you forget everything but you can atleast handle it and cope with it.
@krevor40953 ай бұрын
I've used sleep deprivation for years. Co-workers don't seem as slow as when I'm rested and getting more than 4 hours sleep a night. MAJOR drawback is when the micro-sleeps hit while driving.
@nihilnihil1613 ай бұрын
Many ways to dull the edges of sharp ideas
@DudeTotally10003 ай бұрын
@@krevor4095 I can't tell if this is a troll or not 😅
@Deathnom3 ай бұрын
@@DudeTotally1000 sleep deprivation can affect you similar to alcohol in the way that it is a depressent and will make you think slower. This is also extremely unhealthy
@DudeTotally10003 ай бұрын
@@Deathnom Yeah but I can't tell if he genuinely does it lol
@TheFoxfool3 ай бұрын
His logic works with antipsychotics too. They kinda shut my brain off a bit and it makes everything more bearable.
@cupuacu4life133 ай бұрын
i take em too, yep
@CS-zn6pp3 ай бұрын
Yes and no. I was on similar meds for 18 months. From my perspective it was just numbing my personality, the feelings I felt were the same but I just didn't care enough to do anything about it anymore... Just sat there and my life fell apart around me. It was horrible. Would still be taking them now if someone hadn't snatched my bag with my meds in and I couldn't replace them for almost a week. After 72 hours of hell that can be best described as the worst hangover ever I started to wake up. Everything was brighter, the water was fresher and the food tasted amazing. Meds can save your life but they are not always the answer.
@DAN-kx4mj3 ай бұрын
@@CS-zn6pp Ok but like who asked?
@ByzTW3 ай бұрын
@@DAN-kx4mji did
@Quickbite23 ай бұрын
Yeah but with that it makes your head feel weird at least for me it does it's like there's a metal cage around your own brain and you can't expand where are you used to before even though sometimes that was exhausting
@MechMK13 ай бұрын
"Why are smart people so miserable?" - Imagine being able to see impending doom, yet no one else around you is. When you explain, you're ignored or made fun of. When you try to fix it, you realize how deep it all goes.
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
Why care. Find happiness. Just because you are miserable doesnt mean that you are smart. You are just misled.
@straypaper3 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483spoken like a true moron
@greenphoenix73653 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483 that the problem, we can't. even if we want to it will alway circle to "f it imma just do it"
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
@@greenphoenix7365 i thought so too once. But then i realised that I, in fact, can. There is nothing holding you back except your own addiction to feeling special
@MetanoiaMan3 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483 Thanks for not sugar coating it, that sorta tracks from where I'm at.
@davidwholly52093 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the moment I came to realize why really smart people do dumb things like take drugs or become alcoholics. It's to drown out the stupid people.
@lazyken64683 ай бұрын
Imagine being so dumb people drug themselves just to talk to you😂
@sempy87973 ай бұрын
idk, in my case its to drown out the thoughts that are too much for me
@S62613 ай бұрын
It's to make yourself feel and believe (even for a short while) that life isn't so bad
@infiniteinspiration16283 ай бұрын
Probably true 😮
@m1nhaz5873 ай бұрын
When you overthink all the time your mind doesn’t stop thinking even when you want it to. Really drives you crazy at times. In my opinion being smart is more like a curse than a blessing(to an extent) expectations are a burden too, drugs help with practically all of those problems in the short term
@deadboof3 ай бұрын
“Ignorance is bliss” isn’t always an insult and being a genius isn’t always a “gift”
@johnacetable72013 ай бұрын
Intelligence is the word you were looking for.
@deadboof3 ай бұрын
@@johnacetable7201 well I meant to put genius in quotes to with that being the title they receive and all but with some rewording intelligence gets to the same point
@ericadunn94353 ай бұрын
@@johnacetable7201 average intelligence is fine. geniuses struggle with how dumb everyone is around them. your correction is wrong - genius is not always a gift. Being intelligent never bothered anyone.
@a.t.o.mworkshop64092 ай бұрын
@@ericadunn9435 Not only being a genius, but too much creativity is also a curse : I have written more than 2 hundred projects, from short or feature movies, to role playing games, events, etc... And there are so much of them that I don't even have the time and focus to choose one to develop specifically... And it hurts to know that a lot of them will die without being created...
@marley76593 ай бұрын
I kind of wish I could do this for my autism. Cause sensory overload is a problem I’d rather not have.
@Da-Butchar3 ай бұрын
Try pot
@samanthab19233 ай бұрын
Believe it or not my son as been trying cold plunges.
@Da-Butchar3 ай бұрын
@@samanthab1923 well too each there own. (Coming from a autistic person myself)
@rebeccawest36083 ай бұрын
@@Da-Butchar weed makes it worse. For some reason alcohol numbs my senses. Now CBD does the same thing, but THC makes it worse.
@TheGreatSerpentor3 ай бұрын
You don't have autism. You're just starving for attention.
@grnsouth12043 ай бұрын
His real reason, was because he felt contempt for his wife being so dumb when he was smart, and he loved her and never wanted to feel that way towards her. So he fixed it.
@BabalonNuit13 күн бұрын
One wonders why he would marry a dimwit in the first place. I can't STAND being around stupid people, but I guess for men it's different. They don't see women as human beings in their own right to begin with, so I suppose it's like having a dog that can do housework.
@tonoornottono3 ай бұрын
“the curse of inventing genius characters is that your idiot audience will always find them intensely relatable”
@johnacetable72013 ай бұрын
By who?
@tonoornottono3 ай бұрын
@@johnacetable7201 like, who said the quote? nobody. im making fun of the people writing pretentious rick and morty-level quotes about the “curse of being smart.” anybody who whines and complains about how painfully smart they are, just wants to be noticed and called intelligent without having to say anything intelligent. you don’t have to prove you’re smart, if you can just prove that you’re sad and call it a side effect.
@ailospjellok74753 ай бұрын
@@tonoornottono brother you put it in quotation marks, indicating its a quotation from somewhere, also damn near no one calls themselves so smart they suffer because of it except for a small group of people who are extremely selfish and narcissistic. like i have to ask who you have so much beef with to post this
@tonoornottono3 ай бұрын
@@ailospjellok7475 i’m reading from these comments man
@25jaimie3 ай бұрын
*looks at all the replies* yup
@xenthia3 ай бұрын
this entire comment section is full of redditors living in a "this is so me" moment
@RiotRabit3 ай бұрын
Isn't it great? XD
@justacanofbeans82173 ай бұрын
Idk its unfair to judge without knowing. I can say im smart, proven, and i can say that i some times wish i wasnt. I feel like the feelings being expressed here can be very accurate, and if other people feel the same, then let them express that, instead of telling them to shut up because they "Arnt real genius". I feel like that very demeaning for no reason considering you have no idea. Just food for thought ❤
@RiotRabit3 ай бұрын
@@justacanofbeans8217 1. I'm definitely not telling anyone to shut up. This comment section is hilarious. :P 2. The character in the episode is supposed to be in the top 0.1% of IQ. Even if you dropped that down to 120 IQ, which is just the high end of the IQ bell curve, you're still only talking about the top 5 - 7% of people... statistically, ALL the people in this comment section saying "this is so me" won't even be that high. So, yes, it's funny.
@justacanofbeans82173 ай бұрын
@@RiotRabit that would be correct if this comment section was an average of the human population. The algorithm connects people based on something shared, maybe the shared quality of people recommended house md is people who are smarter. And you dont need to be as smart as house to be smart enough for it to hurt. Also i wasnt talking to you, i was talking to the original commenter, i didnt mean you were telling anyone to shut up :) (also there are plenty of people watching that dont comment "thats so me", so you have to remember that in your statistics, and if you do assume that everyone whos as smart as house commented they were that smart, then the stats check out if you compare it to how many views there are on the video. Purely speculation tho)
@RiotRabit3 ай бұрын
@@justacanofbeans8217 All of that was reaching a bit, my guy. But the only bit I feel is egregious enough to push back on would be your implication that the average intelligence of a House fan is above the national average. Good show, don't get me wrong, I love it, but let's not get pretentious here. XD
@yutorebellion59933 ай бұрын
The curse of being a genius
@sureshot83993 ай бұрын
Yeah.....tell me about it.
@Traumatize-Atom3 ай бұрын
We wouldn't need it considering how it's been in 2024😂
@infiniteinspiration16283 ай бұрын
Bless ❤
@uglyclownface92163 ай бұрын
@@sureshot8399 why are you pretending you’re not painfully average 💀😭 my guy you’re not fooling anyone
@Killerofgods5293 ай бұрын
@@uglyclownface9216dam but I’m a genius to it okay if you not
@prstechnic17743 ай бұрын
Sometimes i wonder what it would be like to be a dog for a day and imagine my priorities being going to the bathroom, playing, eating, and sleeping.
@toffi23902 ай бұрын
It's like being in kindergarten. The whole world is new, you trust everyone around you, no responsibilities, you are shielded from the outside world.
@kayquevianna920418 күн бұрын
Denji moment
@jordanfears4533 ай бұрын
The way she rolls her eyes dismissing the pain that comes from a gift speaks volumes about society.
@twistysnacks3 ай бұрын
I just watched a video from the guy who wrote The Fault In Our Stars about his latest book being a movie, and how he's overwhelmed by his success and all that entails. He says he feels like he's not allowed to be anxious with all his dreams coming true, but it's stressful. The truth is that stress is stress, no matter what the cause.
@dawidkaczmarek86393 ай бұрын
she was trying not to cry, watch again
@daisycutter29783 ай бұрын
if you watch the episode, iirc she is saddened that her existence was a non-factor in alleviating his misery. i think she in some way would realize how repulsive she is to him, which also is not his intention - the patient.
@cnb35523 ай бұрын
@@dawidkaczmarek8639yeah that cut was unfair
@Pistachiosize3 ай бұрын
This guy is the embodiment of the saying, “Suffering from success”.
@RiotRabit3 ай бұрын
He's not suffering from success, he's suffering from being different.
@Datinary3 ай бұрын
never thought id see dxm explained like this in a tv show but it made me love the show even more
@keegentilley5783 ай бұрын
Alr but they did a terrible job explaining it
@Datinary3 ай бұрын
@@keegentilley578 yeah true still caught me offguard tho
@skins4thewin3 ай бұрын
As a prior Coriciden user, I can verify that it indeed makes you dumber. Of all the substances I messed with, DXM had the biggest negative affect after the fact by far. I could most definitely tell that I had done some kind of damage after I quit... Found out that it causes something called Olney's Lesions that literally causes pinhole sized holes in your brain.
@aspersiondetergent56733 ай бұрын
@@skins4thewincoriciden is not the same, therein lies your problem
@skins4thewin3 ай бұрын
@aspersiondetergent5673 How is it not the same? It's got high DXM content, but with an additional chemical that makes the high even better/more intense imo. Just walking around in the middle of the night on that stuff was a trip! But yeah, I've heard that Coriciden is horrible for you. Definitely paid the price for it.
@vikinglife63163 ай бұрын
With much knowledge comes much sorrow.
@occamsrazor12853 ай бұрын
The sorrow comes from knowing enough to stand out in a crowd, but not enough to be able to profit from it. This comment section is filled with people lamenting about how it's soooo tiring and depressing to be smarter than everyone. Sure, they may be smarter than the average person, but that's a pretty low bar to compare oneself. Maybe their specific level of intelligence isn't as remarkable as they want to believe?
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
Maybe, but knowledge has nothing to do with intelligence. Actual smart people arent miserable.
@inorite45532 ай бұрын
No it does not! Knowledge is the method we use to free ourselves from our shackles. ....it's the stupid people that hold us back.
@occamsrazor12852 ай бұрын
@@inorite4553 You considered the possibility that you're not as smart as you think?
@inorite45532 ай бұрын
@@occamsrazor1285 that sure sounds like someone incapable to debate on the merits. Or here, let me bring it down to your level, "I know you are but what am I."
@johnmp38283 ай бұрын
The overall context was that he was a genius and she was obviously dumber than he. She may have been pretty dumb objectively too; I don’t recall. Either way, he hated her for it. So he wanted to get down to her level.
@adenm89633 ай бұрын
The IQ difference between her and him was nearly double the IQ difference between monkeys and humans. They were practically different species.
@johnmp38283 ай бұрын
@@adenm8963 yes I remember the dude saying that now. Good memory!
@loganblackwood29223 ай бұрын
@@adenm8963I've said this a lot between me and other people. It sounds condescending, however all it does is reinforce that I'm practically completely alone due to intellect and simply being honest about it; is considered such an insult as to illicit aggression and disdain. How can I ever talk about my problems?
@MesserNomolos3 ай бұрын
@@loganblackwood2922I completely understand where you are. Sadder still is that people like us have never developed our emotional intelligence so being with likeminded isn’t a catharsis.
@dudewheresmycar63183 ай бұрын
@@loganblackwood2922Dude, please wake up.
@celestialdemon13163 ай бұрын
"For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow."
@quieness3 ай бұрын
The reasoning behind his action is hurtfully relatable....
@breannevennАй бұрын
So comforting to see all my kindred spirits in one comment box.
@brianlondo52993 ай бұрын
"he's smart compared to you" Best subtle burn ever
@nickchoporis59013 ай бұрын
Was not meant to be a burn. He wanted to be with her, her was able to do it while a little less high I Q ...
@alisterfolson3 ай бұрын
"That's why I called myself The Comedian. Once you see how the world works, you have to laugh." - Watchmen
@Alpha-0014Ай бұрын
Walking And Saying "You're Stupid" Just Got A Chuckle Out Me 😂
@thecoolhuman2192 ай бұрын
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart"
@HittokiriBattousai173 ай бұрын
"When I turn down a little life didn't seem so miserable" Naaah, you mean you're a coward and chose to turn your gaze away instead of, maybe, looking to fix whatever you feel is miserable by doing the best you can and helping others as much as you can.
@docholiday74903 ай бұрын
I can’t imagine what the world would feel like to a true genius.
@BirdArvidАй бұрын
I completely understand what he feels. Comfortably numb...
@ouroboricscribe32013 ай бұрын
"He who increseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow"
@theradicalginger30603 ай бұрын
As soon as he said i turn it down a little because then life wasnt so miserable.. that hit idk how or why but i get what he means i feel that way
@musicvideos4453 ай бұрын
I feel you. Intelligent people have that problem of overthinking, usually thinking about the same thing over and over again, good thing I'm stupid.
@HighMojo3 ай бұрын
Every gift is both a blessing and a curse.
@brucenatelee3 ай бұрын
People exploit gifts nature gives them, so they experience the negatives of what others think is amazing.
@infiniteinspiration16283 ай бұрын
Wisdom ❤
@alansmithee4193 ай бұрын
I used to have a somewhat similar view on the "curse of intelligence." Until I realised what I actually had was the curse of arrogance. Turns out the world is more fun to live in when you don't randomly decide that you're the best and look at everyone else with disdain just because you're smarter than average.
@user-vz1mm3rh8w3 ай бұрын
Definitely been there lol
@theupson3 ай бұрын
that's not the problem with intelligence... though there is a correlation :) the problem with intelligence is the personal understanding of just how many things sucku unnecessarily, and how banal the reason is for most of it.
@alansmithee4193 ай бұрын
@@theupson Many people, regardless of intelligence, think everything sucks for banal reasons. This isn't unique to smart people. Anyone who's poor can tell you that. The problem isn't being aware that the world is awful, the problem is going "woe is me, I'm too smart" while simultaneously either bragging about their intelligence or refusing to do anything to help the world be better. Or in the case of House just being a d*** to everyone for no reason. Which obviously is not everyone, but it is at the very least a plurality, and I would argue majority, of those who would be described as being 'burdened by intelligence.'
@skins4thewin3 ай бұрын
I know exactly what you mean... The world truly does appear dumb coming from behind my eyes. Although I have yet to figure out how to not judge others for being dumb. How do you do it? Also, how can it be arrogance if you are legitimately smarter than most ppl. Sometimes it really does feel like the vast majority of ppl have the I.Q. of a Forrest Gump...
@alansmithee4193 ай бұрын
@@skins4thewin The simple, and most unhelpful, answer is that I just sort of stopped because I realised I was being a d*** for no reason so thought I should stop. So over time I did. But I'll try to provide some of my thoughts on the matter and hopefully it will help. Since you didn't (and may not be able to) give much indication of why exactly you find yourself judging others, I've tried to cover a few bases. Some, all, or none of this might be helpful: I'd be lying if I said I don't judge people *at all,* but if you try to catch yourself when you think you might be doing it needlessly (i.e. most/all of the times it happens) you'll naturally drop the habit over time. Understanding that it helps neither you nor the people you're judging is an important factor. If you see being judgemental as a pointless exercise that can only harm both you and them (as it is) then you'll kick yourself any time you catch yourself doing it. That association between doing it and being annoyed at yourself should make your brain start to avoid it. Perhaps a slightly more condescending way of looking at it, at least in some cases, is to realise that people don't choose all of the circumstances that lead to how intelligent they currently are. Some people had poor educational resources - not their fault - some had awful teachers - not their fault - some had to be more concerned about surviving day to day than learning new things because they were born into poverty - not their fault - and some people are just... born naturally less intelligent than others - not their fault - etc etc etc etc (you get the idea). I don't think it can ever be reasonable to judge a person for things that are (predominantly at least) outside of their control, such as how intelligent they are. To talk specifically about my case for a bit: I'm intelligent, but my work ethic is rather lacking in my estimation. There are people who work far harder than me but can't achieve as much simply because their brain doesn't work the same way - judging them would be an utter failure of character on my part. The only thing I supposedly have over them is something I didn't earn. It is something I have *despite* my personal flaws simply because I'm lucky. And if you yourself are a hard worker, keep in mind that luck may still play a factor. Also, just remember that everyone is good at different things. Someone might say something stupid in one context, but could be a genius on some other topic. Maybe they'd be the one judging you for being 'stupid' if you just happened to be talking about something else. People not having interests in the same subjects as you does not make them dumb just because they're oblivious of something that seems obvious to you. Someone may even be really bad in all academic subjects - and so possibly to most people appear stupid - but they may be extremely good at whatever it is they do for a living, and that's potentially all they need to be good at. They are still intelligent, just not by any common measure, and you could be completely unaware of it.
@nonope407229 күн бұрын
I feel validated. Luckily multiple tbi have helped. Sometimes a curse becomes a blessing.
@ajay.gillig3 ай бұрын
Bro was hittin that TUSS!! 🩸😷
@noahrhodes14093 ай бұрын
Delsym better
@mrspicolli3 ай бұрын
No fightin’, no fussin’, its love for a drug called RO-BO-TUSSIN!
@mobilegamereviewer.19363 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Ecclesiastes 1:18,"For in much wisdom is much vexation and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
@florenceogrady87143 ай бұрын
Thanks you for reminding me of this verse. I will now have to look it up in my Bibles.
@tw84642 ай бұрын
This is because of nature's law everything has a cost
@tamarahoward64093 ай бұрын
Always when he’s insulting Wilson that he comes up with his brilliant ideas
@bigal18632 ай бұрын
I relate to the mind working overtime and needing to "slow it down" to cope. I learned what works for me but it's not easy to discipline the mind.
@Pheer7773 ай бұрын
Every redditor: “Wow he’s literally me”
@fanaticforager66103 ай бұрын
‘🦋ith Great Power ⚡️, comes Great Responsibility’, Mr. Ben Parker/aka Master Stån Lee ✨☂️
@l.grecisingh9270Ай бұрын
needing substances to make your brain bearable is relatable
@axelwulf62203 ай бұрын
A genius who figured out how to turn it off
@priyankadey48553 ай бұрын
As someone who is gradually losing her cognitive abilities, it's crazy that anyone would willingly try to become dumber. I feel defeated each time I struggle to spell common words or do basic math. I'd do anything to be smart again. Literally, anything.
@Lunevia3 ай бұрын
It’s hard to understand another person’s motives and emotions unless you’ve been in their place, being smarter than everyone else around most likely made him feel isolated, depressed, and alone, so he turned to cough syrup to cope
@miwttttt3 ай бұрын
As someone who is smarter than my sisters it’s frustating to me that they couldn’t grasp what I said. We’re not thinking at the same speed. They couldn’t understand me and it’s lonely. While I don’t wish for anyone to be dumber, it’s painful that I’m not at their level. I’m also single because of this reason. Need someone to understand me and I haven’t found them yet.
@awkwardsilence44273 ай бұрын
To be fair, there’s quite the difference between being able to temporarily become dumber (with the ability switch back to being smart again) vs permanently becoming dumber. From my understanding of this clip, the guy in it was doing the former whereas you’re unfortunately apparently suffering with the latter.
@sp0k0ynayan0ch3 ай бұрын
Ultimately yes it’s a foolish choice but most people don’t start abusing substances to dumb everything down. Often they just want an escape from the reality of their hardships and to ease their struggles even if it’s just for a fleeting moment and doesn’t solve anything. I unfortunately was addicted to dxm and the high puts you in a dissociative state that lets you forget everything troubling you, but at a terrible cost. I wanted to get away from everything and it was the easiest way I found to do it. Odds are I’ll have to spend the rest of my life with irreversible brain and liver damage and the knowledge that I did this to myself. I hope anybody else who’s struggled with or still is struggling with addiction finds the path to salvation, and if anybody reading this is going through the same thing know that there is always someone out there who cares about you and that your life is valuable and worth living.
@sniffles86553 ай бұрын
I have ADHD out the wazoo, and when you are super active and have an extreme OCD condition, you would be amazed what you would try just for a little calm. Alcohol works a little, but only in large amounts. 😢 When you literally only sleep once ever 3 fucking days, any option seems like a win.
@AICaliceinchainsАй бұрын
Yeah it’s very common for stimulant users to pick up a depressant drug like alcohol to get them to bed, or vice versa. But I know the difficulty of trying to manage that first hand as well.
@biyanwali69202 ай бұрын
This episode touched my heart!
@HenrickLarsson73 ай бұрын
I was addicted for two years before I genuinely realised. Night nurse was my best friend for a long time, no more 😊
@charlievelan79393 ай бұрын
I can relate to the patient. When I’m off my ADHD meds life just seems so much less painful
@Snaaaaap3 ай бұрын
I thought it supposed to be the opposite?
@AICaliceinchainsАй бұрын
@@SnaaaaapIt’s a trade off for the benefits you get with maintaining focus you get a lot of cons too.
@darthgamer20143 ай бұрын
Everyone has their ways of coping. For some it's cough syrup, for others it's a wide variety of other things ranging from cigarettes and s** to videogames and social media. The world we live in is a dark and gloomy place, but if we don't strive to make it a better place then it'll stay that way until the end of time. We may disagree on how to do it or where to start but we can agree on this much I reckon.
@ahmadhasif9793 ай бұрын
so stop coping hard and start make world better? sometimes it seems theres no way out stuck in deep shit hole 😂
@Superr723 ай бұрын
I ain't readin' allat!
@darthgamer20143 ай бұрын
@@ahmadhasif979 I mean that's the long and short of it. And yeah you're right we've dug a deep hole but it's not going to just magically improve while you stick your head in the sand, that's what I was trying to say. We all need to do our best to improve.
@darthgamer20143 ай бұрын
@@Superr72 Your choice, weird thing to say tho. You could have just ignored my paragraph. 🤷🏼♂️
@actualturtle24213 ай бұрын
You can say sex on the internet
@SoupEmperorАй бұрын
I get this completely. I am NOT that smart but I still get the anxiety that comes with knowing what's bad and not being able to do anything about it. Can't imagine what it's like when you know exactly how bad everything is but are still just as powerless to do anything about it.
@specific783 ай бұрын
This was a really good episode. Its hard to say what one would do in the same situation. It’s a good thought experiment.
@a.b.creator3 ай бұрын
I'm so glad i didnt find this before i found therapy for my over active brain 😢🥺🙏🏼 because i know me very well, and i so would have tried self medicating first. So thankful the universe didn't show me this episode until now.
@NovusGM3 ай бұрын
The world is indeed unbearable if you are too perceptive and clever that you see the issues everywhere. That is no way to live because the negativity can easily drown you. Have to find ways to stay positive, but ideally, that shouldn't mean drugs and the sort.
@IvySnowFillyVideos3 ай бұрын
so true
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
If you are clever enough to see issues everywhere, you should be clever enough to understand that your thoughts and worries about those issues are irrelevant. You should be clever enough to find peace and happiness in everything.
@ailospjellok74753 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483 except thats not how that works, in everything you ever encounter there will be unneccesary suffering, if you are attentive enough you will see it, and if you are a caring person with any semblence of a mental health, you will most likely be worn down by it being smart doesnt mean you can just make happiness out of nowhere, thats what stupid people do, for example, if i and my friends were to get drunk as balls, and i fall off a table, we are all gonna laugh, thats funny because we are dumb.
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
@@ailospjellok74751. if suffering is everywhere, it's nowhere. The concept of darkness makes no sense in a world of light. 2. I am not talking about creating it out of nothing, just give the things that create happiness way more value than the others. The only reason why the beauty of flower blooming doesnt nullify the horrors of war, is because you give one more value than the other. If you are attentive enough you will see it
@alicjadrazkiewicz33833 ай бұрын
@@ailospjellok7475 Narcissistic BS
@dinorex346419 күн бұрын
*"When my brain was on low, everything didn't feel so miserable anymore. Life was... bearable."* I relate to this. Being over-sensitive is a fucking curse.
@nickchoporis59013 ай бұрын
Love it when he tells House ' you must not be that smart ' ...
@sophie99513 ай бұрын
Lmao, but i completely get it , turning it down a little
@BoopSnoot3 ай бұрын
why would you lower your natural 87 IQ even further?
@minacapella83193 ай бұрын
This was kind of a heart breaking one
@JohnK-ph3vw3 ай бұрын
I knew 2 brothers that were like this. My dad and uncle went to school with them. Graduated top of their classes, incredibly intelligent. One drank, and the other one became overly almost fanatically religious. And they continued downhill from there for 30 years. One was diagnosed schizophrenic, the other bipolar. It was always odd because when they’d have a lucid moment it was disturbingly scary. You PREFERRED them to be unmedicated and mumbling to themselves.
@SavantPete2 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Sister Sage in the Boys dumbing herself down to live a little
@Livexity99yt3 ай бұрын
Is that Jürgen klopp
@ziopeppecartagialla.13603 ай бұрын
Maybe 30 years ago
@XXMatt0040XX3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: House probably uses DXM himself, because it amps the power of his own painkillers. And notice that House never once insults him. Not really. He calls the guy dumb, but immediately rolls back on it. House doesn't admit it, but he does the same exact thing. And this is a show of his empathy. House gets it. I get it. We all get it I guess.
@oskarskalski29823 ай бұрын
I doubt it. Yes, DXM is sometimes helpful because it is metabolised by CYP2D6, so it induces production of this enzyme and this in effect helps in metabolism of other pro-drugs like codeine. The drug he takes is hydrocodone which doesn't need to be broken down into active part because it is in itself active.
@lrmackmcbride74983 ай бұрын
@@oskarskalski2982 there other pathways for synergistic action such as reducing breakdown of the active metabolite. But house mixes his opiods with alcohol.
@sadboyshatterhand3 ай бұрын
@@oskarskalski2982 it increases painkiller action due to its NMDA-receptor affinity obviously, where it is an antagonist
@rachelwalker18732 ай бұрын
Ignorance is bliss, knowledge is pain
@LazuliLeecht112620 күн бұрын
Of course a genuine “Bravo” from House is given to a miserable genius. Takes one…
@gladeloy33413 ай бұрын
I drank for decades just so i wouldn't know what others were thinking.
@LameMule3 ай бұрын
House may have been the same damn episode every single episode but the medical accuracy in every fringe case made it more enjoyable than it should have been. The incredible acting helped, too.
@louiewatson93893 ай бұрын
Having a high IQ can be more of a curse than a gift. People can't understand you.
@ulysses68693 ай бұрын
He so real for that
@momcat22233 ай бұрын
This is so relatable, I caught my breath. Nowhere near genius level, but suffering ridicule for being well-spoken and knowledgeable can only happen so many times before one begins to shut down/dumb down to avoid attracting attention.
@ZuckMihoff3 ай бұрын
Nerd
@ernienegrete57023 ай бұрын
Attaining Wisdom is the *goal.*
@jennyjohnson54283 ай бұрын
I loved this episode
@alexthorsman31863 ай бұрын
Happen to know what season and episode?
@Bakuru3 ай бұрын
@@alexthorsman3186 S6 episode 9 - Ignorance is Bliss
@jennyjohnson54283 ай бұрын
@alexthorsman3186 sorry; I don't
@unid3ntifiedz3 ай бұрын
@@alexthorsman3186 season 6 episode 9
@samwheeler16503 ай бұрын
@@alexthorsman3186 Season 6 - Episode 8 - "Ignorance is Bliss"
@LogarCreed3 ай бұрын
That's a hard drug! And what House said about the pharmacy being basically your new dealer is very true and real. Once you know all the information and what combination of what to get the feeling of the drug of choice. "All over the counter Pharmacy highs are like hillbilly bathtub gin" 17 years clean and Sober Drug of choice. Anything and everything under the sun Keep on Truckin everyone 🤙🏼🇨🇦😎
@bronysaiyan52363 ай бұрын
As someones thats gifted i 100% relate and have been "dumbing" myself since getting out of high school cuz having the expectation of always being the smartest in the room was exhausting. Now the peers around me see me as just slightly above average
@l0stc0st3 ай бұрын
It doesn’t seem like a gift when it makes you miserable.
@Hellraiser9883 ай бұрын
Knowledge is a gift and a curse the more you know the more of a crapshoot everything looks like
@Yan-my7es3 ай бұрын
Wonder if it really works that way... I don't think there's an easy escape like that.
@dragonflyx6543 ай бұрын
Not that I recommend abusing cough syrup as it is very dangerous, but I used to abuse one, and the first few times, the trip was great. My dopamine levels were crazy high, but after a few times of doing that, my body actively started rejecting it to the point now just the thought of it makes me queasy.
@RyanNewman-kc8ob3 ай бұрын
@@dragonflyx654try it more. Take more. Do it.
@Cubert03313 ай бұрын
@@dragonflyx654 yea when I was younger I did the same thing and the same thing happened to me. Now there's zero desire for it period. Glad for it and learned my lesson knock on wood.
@_Xypes_3 ай бұрын
It does. I had a lot of pressure because I was insanely gifted, got addicted to some drugs at 12 and they were the only thing that made me happier because I felt dumber
@calyco23813 ай бұрын
Now i know why i dumbed down. Dxm is the only cough suppresant that works for me. I didnt mean to abuse it because idk it has dumbing down effect. In my work culture women only allowed to have cute little cough. While big full blown cough will considered rude and disgusting. So i have no choice to take it 4 to 5 times during work hours to prevent me having big cough.
@petermilesi3718Ай бұрын
This episode always stuck with me
@tjyork79283 ай бұрын
I feel this man, you do what u gotta do to feel the way u want to feel.
@peachtea13183 ай бұрын
Honestly I understand what he means. Sometimes it’d just be so much easier to turn your brain down for a while. I’ve taken dxm once before and it honestly was nice to have a quiet head for once. I wouldn’t recommend it though obviously.
@AiOinc13 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I know very well that this does work. A good friend of mine spent several years of his life doing something similar. Photographic memory isn't so nice when you can't forget the worst moments of your life - Or the last moments of someone else's.
@ZuckMihoff3 ай бұрын
lol fake and gey
@seagie3823 ай бұрын
DXM is a dissociative hallucinogen, not a "dumb drug"
@zb34952 ай бұрын
This is just an update of Homer getting the crayon jammed back into his brain.
@fishfossils88583 ай бұрын
As someone who’s generally smarter than those around me (not tooting my own horn, just stating an objective fact) I understand his pain. When what seems like simple problems pop up and everyone around you has a total freak out, but you just fix the problem with one move, it can become frustrating when it seems like nobody else gets it.
@joshuakeys4113 ай бұрын
If you know , you know. Sadly most people will never understand the constant explosions in the brain, they’ll never experience the waking up at 3am to solve a problem with extreme variables just so you can go back to sleep!
@fishfossils88583 ай бұрын
@@joshuakeys411 EXACTLY!! They’ll never get the laying there unable to turn your brain off because you’re thinking of all things you could do better on any potential projects you’re working on, thinking of how to make your work day go faster and more smoothly.
@taylr_md3 ай бұрын
Very true.
@madpepper243 ай бұрын
Thinking that proves that you’re nowhere near as smart as you think you are. A truly intelligent person doesn’t spend their time around idiots because it makes them dumber. They go find people smarter than them to learn from. So either you’re saying you’re the smartest person there is, there’s nothing left for you to learn, or you’re saying you’re not that smart at all. Just smart enough to outthink the morons. Which isn’t something I’d go around bragging about
@madpepper243 ай бұрын
@@fishfossils8858yeah that second comment confirms it. Just some pretentious idiots who don’t even know what intelligence is. Staying awake trying to find new solutions to a problem is a sign of anxiety or another brain disorder, not intelligence lol.
@user-ot2ld8lw2w3 ай бұрын
With high intelligence, people expect more of you. They expect miracles, and god forbid you make a mistake, everyone around is like *le gasp* "How could you? You must be smart, how did you slip up?". It's even worse when you slip on something basic and silly, now you're a mockery.
@IvySnowFillyVideos3 ай бұрын
That sounds more like a controlling person who LOVES to exploit the vulnerabilities in others. A bully
@Siegram9993 ай бұрын
@@IvySnowFillyVideosno thats reality of people having none stop expectations of you. At some point it becomes exhausting and you start to question who you're doing this for.
@beneroni83453 ай бұрын
The term for this is gifted kid burnout since 90% gifted kids aren't real and it's just someone with a mental condition. That fades a little as they get older
@johnacetable72013 ай бұрын
Stop caring & don't promise things. Make it "their misunderstanding" rather than "your lie" "your mistake"
@user-ot2ld8lw2w3 ай бұрын
@@beneroni8345 thing is, you don't have to promise things. People around you automatically assume you can and therefore must do it. But yeah, the answer is to understand you're being socially manipulated into becoming a slave and telling everyone to piss off. After 15 years of being raised as some sort of omnipotent genius by parents and teachers, damn it was satisfying to break free.
@Lynnmaria543 ай бұрын
There's nothing worse than having your opinions being dismissed by the people in your own 🏡
@moots273 ай бұрын
The suffering that comes with capacity and awareness can feel unbearable at times
@DoctaM3643 ай бұрын
I LOVE LEAN
@oskarskalski29823 ай бұрын
Lean is Promethazine+codeine, not dxm. I was hooked on codeine for years, don't recommend.
@user-yp8gg7gw2n3 ай бұрын
When you have a gift other people become envious and some will work their whole lives to smother you. Intelligence never served me. It only made my life worse.
@yerpderp68003 ай бұрын
Then you were probably abusing your gift. Speaking as someone who's highly intelligent, others only started to become pretty jealous when I was being egotistical and not being considerate of others. Things took a 180 when I started to help others, offer support if they were stuck on something, and viewed my intellect as a tool vs as a trait. They realized I'm a very smart person but I don't worship it, using it instead as a tool to better understand them and offer support to improve their life. Like the way I talk on paper, verbally, emails, KZfaq, etc; could I start to use sophisticated vernacular and grammatically correct sentences? Sure. But if it doesn't match what other folks are doing then what's really the point of the behavior if it serves to alienate them? Smart people are appreciated when hard problems come up and support is wanted. They're loved if they use their intellect to help improve others' lives and bring out the best in their community. But nobody likes a pompous ass, except sometimes other pompous asses 😂
@awkwardsilence44273 ай бұрын
@@yerpderp6800 I’m kind of morbidly curious now; how would you have written your comment if you _were_ using your sophisticated vernacular and grammatically correct sentences?
@julianskilton2003 ай бұрын
@@yerpderp6800You are lucky, not the standard. Or not as smart as you think. Intelligence is both a tool and a trait, you can’t only have one. It is a tool to use when faced with a situation, and a trait with how the world is viewed. Intelligence massively affects how you view the world, it is not something you can separate from yourself without going into a serious issue of personality death. Growing up, I had what was considered above average IQ through a formal test and an Independent psychologist judged that I probably would’ve scored higher if they had done the testing right and been solidly in the high 140s to mid 150s. So around lower bounds of what’s considered “gifted.” I grew up in a school district with and average IQ of 90 if I’m being generous. I was constantly abused by my peers for being smarter, and even after purposely removing myself from situations where’d they have to interact with me, they actively chased after me to harass me further. Any way I was different, they took that as an opportunity to bully me. Even as an adult, it is common for me to face isolation issues due to understanding. The way you describe it, the only reason people tolerate you is because they can use you like a tool, not just your intelligence. And all you did to get that was by changing everything about yourself to the way you speak. That doesn’t give indication of acceptance, that gives an indication that they see you as a useful gopher.
@antipro44833 ай бұрын
In that case, either you are not smart or you just don't think. Actual smart people aren't miserable scientists. They are chefs, fisherman, surfing instructors... Maybe they are scientists but they aren't miserable because they don't have to be. They are smart enough to control their happiness
@user-yp8gg7gw2n3 ай бұрын
@@antipro4483 because the outside world doesn't have an effect on you. Wow. Smart people are just immune to external effects. Amazing. Do tell me how to make that work. Do I just say fuck how I feel and do it? Man. Those people dealing with crippling depression must be stupid then. Write a book. You seem to know oh so much about intellectuals and their psychology. Please go on.
@abbykoop5363Ай бұрын
I totally get this. I spent a lot of my life drunk because I couldn't handle things. I get why so many geniuses wind up depressed and alone. I sometimes wish I could just "be stupid" and go through life in "ignorant bliss".
@sarabelles9865Ай бұрын
I love robotripping. I could get through work and through class. Everything was clear. I could focus.
@Th3-Gl1tch3d-Y0uTub3r3 ай бұрын
That patient has a point, I myself am much smarter than the average person, and I find life so much more miserable than a person with less iq than me
@Th3-Gl1tch3d-Y0uTub3r3 ай бұрын
I often find myself wishing to be dumber than I am
@RandomMackem00693 ай бұрын
It’s a pain being miserable, just cause I understand things a different way and others lack the understanding of it, probably why I’m socially awkward, especially when common sense isn’t so common amongst people nowadays
@kingmaro694203 ай бұрын
So I ain't the only one experiencing this, huh, comforting a little.
@pyotrbagration24383 ай бұрын
Stop hanging on reddit
@ziopeppecartagialla.13603 ай бұрын
@@Th3-Gl1tch3d-Y0uTub3r bro, I know this is obvious, but just don't think, don't think about ur problems, distract urself with like videogames, youtube, books or sport (or just sleep a lot), and most of ur problems will go away
@TheWidowStewartАй бұрын
This was so sad. That poor, sweet, stupid girl. I get it.
@kocar00212 ай бұрын
Great episode. The guy is a brilliant mathematician & he took the DMX so he could tolerate his girlfriend. The episode has the fitting title of "Ignorance is bliss."
@Melody_Raventress3 ай бұрын
Wow, never expected this silly show to be profound, but damn, I felt that...
@LucretiaSisterinChrist-qr5rnАй бұрын
My dad's best friend was a genius. He had 22 college degrees, and he was miserable. He had 1 person who understood him because she was a genius also, and that was his wife. However, most people need more friends, and he had few friends and they didn’t understand him.