Originally Posted by Tossed Salad
Instead of trying to be better then the next man, just be the best you can be. This is what I do and I’m finding it helps, occasionally I have a lapse and start comparing myself to others but then I remember there’s more than six billion others out there and there’s something I can do that perhaps half of them can’t.You sound really frustrated and if rambling here helps then go right ahead! I don’t know about anyone else but I’ll be here to listen.
Thanks! I agree that it would be pointless to try to be better than I could ever be (and playing guitar is probably not what I should be doing, maybe I should be a scientist since I’ve always been interested in physics and chemistry), but I haven’t even max’ed out my potential. With guitar I just need lots of practice and some guidance, but every failure discourages me :/ Some day I will either become better or quit it :)
And just read the lyrics to Better Than - feels just like my situation. In pursuit of perfection I am wasting the best years of my life, when everybody is out having fun and being careless for several years I am dwelling on my flaws. I don’t even know how they do it! It seems that I can never just let go and socialize properly. I might go see “yes man” and see how it worked out for Jim Carrey and try the same tactics. I must confess that I haven’t been to a nightclub for about 6 years D:
Originally Posted by MagnumXXL01
Hang in there mikebrahmin, cause you’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and dog gonnit people like you!!
Thanks, will do, I will pull through it and make something of myself :)
Originally Posted by Mick
I didn’t actually read your whole post, just the top part about your thoughts and stuff.I have similar issues which I won’t go into which basically all come back to irrational thoughts.. Thinking there’s something wrong with me when there actually isn’t. I really really recommend you go see a psychologist. I see one regularly, and it really really helps just to talk to someone who understand how I think and why I think like I think.. Then explaining it and reassuring me that there’s nothing wrong with me. I really like my guy, hopefully there’s someone as good near you.
I tried a local psychological society database of psychologists (or something like that, I think they have most of them listed) and found a few that I liked and picked the ones that deal with my array of problems. I just have to make an appointment (and figure out how to afford it :) ), but it feels like a big step. Besides, I have somebody visiting me, so my routines are already off, and I wouldn’t want to explain that I am visiting a psychologist and why I’m doing it. I still haven’t decided though which one I should visit (the cheapest one? Heheh), or if I should try the free counseling sessions we have at campus. I hope to find somebody who could also offer some advice and guidance and tell me which doctors I should visit to fix my speech and what else I might need.
Starting (Aug 2008): BPEL 5.5 x 4.50, BPSFL 6
Current post-workout (May 2009): BPEL 6.5 x 4.55, BPSFL 7, NBPEL 5 :( Weird string girth measurements: MSG 4.75, BG 5.25
Wonder if those are gains or if I just learned to push the ruler into the fat pad :/