So I'm really confused. I feel like some sick narcissistic bastard because, well, I feel like I have to be good at everything. If I try to do something and suck at it, I get pissed off, make some lame excuse, and randomly insult people. The thing that sets me off the worst though, is when I'm pretty decent at something for a while, and someone who used to really suck at it gets better than me. Thats when I bust out the Incredible Hulk face and get really mad. What in the world is going on?????
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What am I? an egomaniac?
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I've known people who are the same. It's a real burden on them, because the chance of being and staying the best at any given endeavour is very low, so they tend to drop out of everything. I know one who attempted suicide over it. I think it's something you are going to have to confront. You have to accept not being the best. Perhaps a therapist can help. I do think it's a serious issue.
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Hey, I said I was having a problem, not that I was psychotic. I do tend to drop out of a lot of things, but I seriously doubt that a therapist could do much of anything other than piss me off.
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hey buddy trust me its not something you wanna let go... Your gonna have trouble finding jobs in the future because you keep dropping out because you screwed up
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You guys are really blowing this out of proportion. I do tend to drop out of things, but I don't completely succumb to these feelings. Nor do I NOT function well in society. In fact, I am probably one of the most social people I know. I have a 98 % school average, and have tried many different extracurricular activities. The only problem I have is that I haven't found anything I am truly interested in, and am not good enough at doing whatever it is I was trying to do that I just shrug it off and try something else.You all make me sound like some psychotic monster. Seriously, I would appreciate some helpful critisism.
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Perhaps you're not as bad as the people I knew. I remember with one of the them, we were on a bushwalk at a "getting to know each other" camp, and he had to be in front of everyone. He had done well at school, but he found university very stressful, because there you meet the better students from lots of different schools, so people who were a big fish in a small pond find themselves in a much bigger pond with lots of big fish. He dropped out of college because he couldn't handle that. :frowning:
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Thats definately not me. I don't get to the point where I can't stand being around people, I just angry when I lose at something where I shouldn't lose. Things like that. I guess I am more of a sore loser than anything. But what you guys are talking about, thats just sad...