When I was younger I believed I could be succesful at some things.
I still don’t accept mediocrity very well, but subconsciously (since my first break) I knew it was going to be impossible to achieve “success”.
Maybe I never was going to be that successful anyways. But I fight for it to not become predestined fate.
What about you? What is your relationship with success/ mediocrity?
I desperately wanted to be successful from the age of 23 onwards. And I was for a while.
It’s like I felt the need to justify my existence by being successful.
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Mediocrity sounds like bliss
Im living in the pits of existence
Life is a hell of a struggle
I rarely can stomach anything 
I rarely meet anyone or leave the flat and forcing myself to do something is the normal
Depends what your comparing yourself with.
Little steps pave the way
Yeah, I guess we plunge so down that “recovery” (= just beeing mediocre) sounds like a heaven we need to strive for…
@Ducky I’m kind of stable now from episodes and depression. Still, it’s a lot of work to maintain the flow. And mediocre is not the place to be either.
Ofc the glass is allways half full, isn’t it? 
I never did accept it, although I had a period of resignation after they put me on meds that lasted for about 5 years.
Then my brother took me on a trip to asia that invigorated me, came back and started in a work programme, and have been mostly active working the last 10 years, part time now.
Recently I got partial disability, and I guess I accepted I will never work at full capacity again, but I still believe my health can improve if I take good care of myself, and maybe I can do more at some point.
The thing is that we need to work hard to achieve and maintain a less than optimal lifestyle. I’m starting to get tired of it.
Agree. We are really being tested, and we have to work harder in many ways, like psychological.
For example it’s not easy going to work when you never feel mentally well, but the social benefit of working outweighs the fact that I have to walk around working half wasted from meds.
I cover it well up though by doing my best to be positive and cheerful. It doesen’t always work, but that’s just the way it is. But I do get a lot of positive feedback which makes it worthwhile.
I’m like the person who bats .305 in triple A, then steps up to the major league and bats .240. Compared to my father I’m a classic example of mediocrity.
Keep your expectations low so you will never be disappointed.
Again, sorry for your loss @firemonkey . Probably he thought you are great.
@anon55031185 easier said than done. Sometimes you are just shooting yourself in the foot…
Agree, but also keep your hopes high, even though expectation is low
Lol. It’s a joke. I don’t actually believe in it or follow it. I think it’s hilarious life quote.
My step sister said he praised me to her, but he didn’t over the phone and f2f with me.
Nobody can be good at everything, but I have managed to demonstrate mastery in some thngs.
Schizophrenia has been good to me, I wouldn’t trade it for anything, lol. Before I got schizophrenia I flunked out of high school and I couldn’t hold a job for more than three months. Now I’ve worked at a few jobs for 3 or 4 years and I’ve been at my current job 12 years and I got my Associates degree.
Like @LevelJ1 says. I gave up comparing myself to others ages ago.
Some comparison is fine like I am not a serial killer and I don’t mistreat children but otherwise I am my own Skunk.