Don’t feel bad, my intellect varies from day to day. Some days I can be very intellectual other days I can’t put a sentence together. I definitely believe people who are intelligent are more prone to depression than others. Intelligent people have a tendency to over-analyze themselves, or situations in a more critical way than most. It’s also sometimes said that intelligent people at such a level can sometimes see there own death (I suffer from this), and some grow so intelligent that they go insane. Many see there abilities sometimes farther and when they are not meet, well it’s very depressing. Like a athlete sees his/her physical abilities so do people see their mental abilities. It should definitely be fun and it’s easier on the mind when your having fun. The brain only has so much capacity for learning, people who are depressed usually have other things on their mind so they have less room to take things in. Same idea explains why people say you should only learn so much at a time. Great advice! It’s also good to review in your mind what you just learned.

When I read the dictionary I tend to skip over those words, I usually just skim through until I find a word I don’t know. Those are the ones I read about. As for novels, I don’t read very many. I have ADD so it’s impossible for me to stay focused long enough to read the entire thing. I tend to read scientific studies, especially astronomical, history, theoretical, and stuff like that. Literature of short or medium length but are also very thoughtful. Ideological books are often interesting enough to keep my attention, but if I want a story I’ll watch the movie.