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Sometimes, not feeling good enough beats me down to a point where I stop attempting to do something. I have to apply for jobs, and even though I have some experience in the field, I cannot get myself to apply for jobs. The feeling of not being good enough, being unprepared is holding me back. It’s true, I need to revise concepts from undergrad years to be able to do well on technical assessments, but I cannot get myself to do it. It’s the immense fear of confronting my self - belief: ‘I am not good at it’. It might be true, but the typical way of going about it should be to actually confront the feeling and even if I am not good, to start practicing. But all I can think about is failing, not making it through the technical assessments. I have struggled with this feeling for months, at one point, I did manage to sit down and start preparing but I fell ill and my routine fell apart. But what’s more painful is to not being able to do it again because the thought ‘I am not good enough’ feels so powerful. It’s difficult to constantly try to do better despite that thought at the back of my head. Especially for the past few days, I feel extremely beaten down, can barely get out of my bed or I go to bed early to avoid having to deal with this whole feeling. I am not sure what to do.
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Hey!
I get what you are going through.
Sometimes these feelings pull us down and not everyone around us or even ourselves can understand what is going on.
I am not saying it is going to be easy. But you know that you are fighter and you have something that you can do, this is not the end.
Even I doubt myself a lot at every step in my life. But there are few things I strated doing and it helped me a lot so maybe you can try!
1. Every morning after waking up I cleaned my bed and went for a walk ... Listening to good/happy music, looking at animals, just smiling and enjoying the nature.
2. I made a time table gave my self good enough breaks in between. So that I can stay calm and not stress out. Obviously I didn't start the time table right away and yaa there were days when I couldn't follow it properly but I tried as much as I could.
3. I started reading about struggles of famous personalities. It gave me some hope that maybe I can also do something.
4. Every morning after waking up I would go to the mirror and look at myself and tell myself that I am the best.
Ya there were times when I didn't mean it , I cried when I looked at myself. I hated looking at my face. But that's all okay!
Even when you don't feel like saying it just say it.
Thrice! I am the best and I can do anything. And you can also try to smile.
I hope that you gain your confidence back. Because deep down you know you are capable enought to reach great heights.
ReplyThank you so much for sharing this. I’ll give it a try. :)
ReplyRepeatedly tell yourself that you are good enough until you believe it.
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