The degree of numbness I mentioned seems to come and go - some days it is just not there.

"I actually really like getting to a place where I'm not smarter/quicker than EVERYone and everything around me"

Yeah - it was fun when I was in Mensa :-) but Aussie Mensa imploded when certain committee members wasted huge amounts of funds by suing another committee member - and they lost the case anyway ... Mensa is still going, but I just stopped paying membership and walked away. Just because some people ARE JUDGED SMARTER ON A TEST, doesn't mean they CAN ACT smarter... The first Mensa meeting I went to - International meeting - top brains from all around the world etc, nobody remember to buy milk for the coffee.... :-)

I do consider that a lot of people don't read the BS threads much anymore, and most really wouldn't know what to say about such a condition that they really don't want to think about, for they fear it happening to themselves.