Is there anything you used to be really good at?

I used to be a pretty decent photographer but now I suck. Is there anything you used to be good at? Maybe you’re still good at it even?

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I used to be quite the artist…though I don’t paint anymore…I did a lot of pretty paintings…I still play guitar and banjo and I’m pretty salty at it. haha

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I used to play guitar pretty good. Haven’t played in years.

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When I was 14 and I played basketball I was a good rebounder, even against older, bigger players. I won a basketball camp free throw contest once. That was a small local camp.
Against students at my own school that mostly were smaller, that I also didn’t like because they bullied me, I could all but dominate the boards sometimes.

I rarely made a shot playing organized ball, though.

I think I’m decent at making Aggrotech/Electro Industrial music. I don’t think I started making music until after I was dx’ed at 14. I’m waaay better than when I first started.

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Writing! Here’s an old piece of mine:
“Little oceans in the sky,
And stars that glisten amongst the surf,
The pinned-up waves that crash along,
Of rusted purple and grey.

Quiet isles tucked away.”

I really want to get back into writing.

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I used to be quite the salesman. I knew how to interact with any and everyone i met. I was a strong closer and a top producer anywhere i went. I don’t seem to have those skills anymore. I’m still struggling to understand my illness. For a few years through all my hospitalizations and meeting with different doctors their diagnosis was always drug induced psychosis. Only recently since I’ve been clean for a year and my symptoms persisted was i diagnosed as schizoeffective. Is it common to lose touch with the things we used to be really good at?

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I used to have a lot of passion for things i liked, and knew what I wanted for a career. One day it all died,and I’ve never been sure of myself since.

I’ve tried to cultivate new hobbies, I’m an avid gamer. But unfortunately my symptoms have been coming back and I have stopped playing because I can no longer enjoy it. My overwhelming paranoia makes it hard to interact with other gamers when required to do so for a boss raid or something. I feel like I used to be a good player, but my inability to think clearly has severely slowed my ability to process and learn games.

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Ignoring people.

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I am sure you still have it in you!

You only just got the camera! Have some patience !!!

Plan small goals to achieve, learn new tricks, choose a few subjects to study… take your time!

It will take time but it will be worth it!.

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Like Roxanne I used to be the best at ignoring people, just flat out refusing to answer or take any bait. While I won’t respond typically, what they say tends to get to me now where before it didn’t. I need a sonic barrier (White Noise turned up to eleven) sometimes when I go out. I’m completely exposed without headphones, but meds kinda help.

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I used to be really good at fighting but now I’m rusty and idk how good I’d be in a real fight. I’d like to get back into it.

art - painting and drawing etc
writing
still good at these i think - my mom always raves about my art lol!

you last the loven feeling. best way to find it again is to help others find it. what ever it is. and you do a good job at that so I bet you take good pictures too.

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I was told im really big at cleaning.

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I used to be really good at painting and drawing and cleaning. I am good at making crafty things now a days but I only have enough concentration sometimes for smaller projects

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I used to be really good at being useless. I still am actually.

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You aren’t useless Tim. At least your online persona looks damn useful to me. You bring the news on several forums and via tweets as well. You are a well-greased cogwheel in the online social mechanism.

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I used to be really good at poetry, drawing, writing short stories, writing music and roller skating. I can’t do any of these things anymore. At least, I haven’t done them in a long time.
Today, I can play the keyboard, meditate, do yoga poses, teach people how to use a computer, write books, and invest money in a systematic, businesslike way.

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Before sz, I was good at piano. Like, really good. Since AP’s I’ve lost interest and I don’t play as well.

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Socialising,independence, being happy.

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