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How can i stop being so arrogant?

I am a 15 year old male. Being so, my age can be a factor for it, maybe it's normal? What I am able to brag about, is my intelligence. I am very smart, almost a genius. I am able to recognize many everyday "patterns", sequences, ironies, and even able to detect almost everybody's lies. My attitude is not like this, I like to be charismatic, helpful, selfless, and even try to appeal humbleness, but, from the inside, I am very arrogant. Every time I manage to think of or notice a logical pattern or behaviour, I am unable to ignore myself and say "How brilliant I am, only I am able to do such things". Even though I try to be humble, my mind does not agree with me, it's like a contradiction. I don't really mind my problem, it's just that is distracts me from thinking straight and logically sometimes. I am also a liar, and a pretty good one. Every time I get into an unexpected argument or conflict, I am able to get away with it, harmless. But please, try to believe that all that I am mentioning in here is truth, I just want an advice. If you meet me, you would not think of me as an"intellectual person", because I have a sense of humour, and smile. I know this question is very....tentative, so please calm down.

Thank you...

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  • 8 years ago
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    Hi...First, thanks so much for talking so honestly and directly! A teenager sometimes feel like that...and this is quite normal! But if it's spoiling your life putting much stresses on you and distracting you from serious progress or academic work, then you need to consult a psychiatrist who might (better than anyone else) advise you into the right thing to do. The human soul is too, too complicated, isn't it???

    Source(s): Personal opinion!
  • 8 years ago

    Ask someone you really respect that question. You seem to be humble enough to ask, that's all well and good! I suspect you have a little Asperger's syndrome, you have hi iq, you said. I have an iq of 140, daughter of a P.h.D. in physics.

  • 8 years ago

    Don't worry! When you get out into the work-world and try to make it on your own for the rest of your adult work life, those rough edges will be worn away--just dealing with surviving!

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    always think before you speak

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