As above folks
Lets debate it
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I have so many directions but I keep pivoting. Annoying the hell out of me.
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I think I’m okay. Don’t feel like I really have a place in society. Don’t particularly desire anything out of life.
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I have a low opinion of myself
Something I need to work on
Like at work i get praised, and I don’t know how to process it, as I am constantly giving myself an internal ass kicking!
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I struggle with the same thing. Whenever someone compliments me, I have no idea how to take it, and it doesn’t sink in
I think I’m fairly honest, a basically good human being, with a knack for music to some degree. I always try to be kind, but strong
Do you find you’re constantly driving yourself through an internal conflict of the mind?
It’s something I cannot control, but it seems to actually help in an unhealthy way, which is will admit is probably part of the reason I can get my ass into gear each day with some success
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I used to be very much the same, yes. That’s how I Rose to the top of my field, by obsessively driving myself to the extreme.
I understand it takes a bit of ass-kicking to get yourself in gear LOL. But too much is a bad thing. I have mellowed quite a bit now
Did that just come with time? Some days I feel I am getting worse at it, but it’s a habit I have always had to some degree.
Now I am more aware of it though at least, so I try not to project my insecurities at other people other than my parents
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Yes time is a big part of it, but also on disability I don’t need to drive myself like I used to. Also with a bit of therapy, I’ve come to realize I have value whether I make it to the top or not
What drove me I think, is growing up believing I wasn’t good enough. This was from a combination of a hypercritical mother, and Catholicism. I felt like the more I achieved, the more complete and the better I would feel about myself. But it didn’t work that way. I just burned out
I think I was angry at the time too, and who better to take that anger out on than yourself?
The other option is other people, but that’s not nice!
Thanks for chatting with me this morning @Cragger Hope you have a good day today
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Well I’m badly flawed, but I keep trying to improve!
I think of myself as a loser. I’m 33 and haven’t accomplished much. I’ve come to terms with that. I didn’t choose to have schizophrenia. It derailed my life. I’m okay with that now. Most people I know have jobs and all my old high school friends have families. Some have their own home. Some are university graduates. I don’t give it much thought. This isn’t the life I expected to have when I was a teenager. ■■■■ happens, I guess.
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You too bud 12345
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Since I’ve been ill I feel like a useless no hoper. Before I got sick I was smart and quite accomplished. That’s all been obliterated.
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I feel like a failure. I had a 3 month critique of my work, and there were a few things that I was not meeting. Of course I have time to fix them, but I worry I won’t do a good enough job. I don’t want to end up on disability. Then I’ll really have failed.
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Honestly. I’ve deal with things only like 1% of the population has had to deal with but still Love my life. It’s different to most people I know but it’s filled with love, friendship and meaning. Sure I don’t work but I volunteer and do a really good job helping maintain a cricket club with a really good turf wicket. I catch up with friends I’ve known since highschool.
I’d like to think I’m not a bad dude. I’m friendly. I’m talkative and I like people. I may be a little different but there’s other people I know with bigger issues than me. So. I think I’m not a bad person. Well I try to be and that is important to me more than most things. Being kind to yourself and others is a good goal to have!
I think I’m okay
Just normal. I do what I can, just like anyone
Not much. I’ve been laughed at and I’ve gone downhill in life and regressed and most people who know me think so little of me that I can’t ignore it. I used to think a lot of myself but I can’t anymore. I’ve failed in most of my personal goals and I’m paying the price now. I can’t respect myself if no one else does. I can tell myself all that bull about how it doesn’t matter what anyone thinks about me and it only matters what I think of myself but I don’t really believe it at all anymore.
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I’ve seen you help several people on the forum if that makes any difference
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Thanks. Yeah, helping other people always makes me feel better.
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