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I hate what I put as the title because my dad always says to me “you’re sabatoging yourself!” and it always makes me so upset. But maybe I am? I don’t feel like I do it on purpose.
Like whenever a good opportunity comes my way, like school or a job or a social event, I always end up failing or not going. I’m not trying to “sabatoge myself” persay, but sometimes I’m just too tired to try. Or I want to try but I’m too anxious and bail at the last second. Or I try but get burnt out and quit.
And then I think “what if I had actually stuck with that?” and hate myself for not doing so. Anyways, I’m just worried that maybe I am sabatoging myself because I have never thought I deserve happiness and I can’t see that for myself.
I can’t see what other people see. I just feel like a terrible person and no matter what anyone tells me, I will never think I’m good enough for good things to happen to me. I constantly feel like a disappointment to everyone, and honestly, I wish I could just be gone forever, but I know it would just be that much more of a hassle for my family.
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And its already been noted by the weather service as heat advisory today thru Wed here.I have a rack of St. Louis Cut Pork Ribs. I will use a charcoal snake method of two rows on bottom shingled around about 3/4 of way on outside of the grill. Then on top of those I will shingle a single layer of briquetted same around 3/4 of grill. Adding some chunks of wood every 3-4 inches around the grill.I...
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Hope the dog days of summer aren't getting you down!


A good therapist can be very helpful to figuring out
your life.
It sounds to me like you may be struggling with perfectionism.
You're trying and trying to reach a certain goal, but the goal may be too vague for you to know what to reach for. Or you might feel like you'll never reach the goal, so you burn out trying. (You are probably setting the bar higher than it needs to be.)
Can you make a goal for yourself to reach that is reachable right now, today? What would happen if you set a small task for yourself, something pretty easy; and then, after you accomplished that one, you set another goal just above it? You could meet each one in increments, knowing that you don't have to achieve everything all at once.
Don't set your sights on the finish line. Just look at the next thing in front of you. Only think about THAT and do it, one day at a time, one moment at a time.
Worry and anxiety look way out ahead and say "I'll never reach that" --- and then hopelessness plants a seed in your heart.
But if you only focus on the task immediately in front of you, you will accomplish each step to the finish line.
Don't look ahead. Just looks at what's right in front of you, the next thing. Even setbacks are fine. They are just part of the learning process.
And DEFINITELY don't let lies like "I'm a disappointment to everyone" or "I wish I could be gone forever" have ANY place in your mind. There is NO truth in them!
Never accept those statements.
You are loved and cherished. Your parents are more interested in your well-being and happiness than they are in anything you might achieve. Let that sink and and savor it.