Does anyone question their basic competence?

NightTimeForever

NightTimeForever

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It's strange, I've been secluded for so long, only going to my job and staying home on the days off(98% of the time), I really doubt my basic competence as far as the outside world is concerned.

For instance, I really have a fear of signing up at the local college b/c I'm afraid of geting lost or confused, or some other really stupid shit happening. Just recently, I've taken bigger risks while driving: going into unfamiliar territory, etc.


Anyway, does anyone else ever think like this?
 
loner_forever

loner_forever

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Yeah I feel like an idiot in all aspects of life that require some sort of social function. Even easy things become hard and confusing.
 
sleepysparrow

sleepysparrow

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All the time! I'm terrifed of getting lost or having to ask for directions. If i'm driving somewhere new I usually plan ahead so that I know exactly where i'm going and where to park and what to do when I get there. I'm afraid of doing anything different because i'm afraid of people seeing me make a mistake. I don't have any confidence unless i'm on my own. It's weird how being around people makes me become the person I don't like, the anxious and scared and self-doubting person. When i'm alone, i'm OK.
 
NightTimeForever

NightTimeForever

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Well, sleepysparrow like you I function a little better when I am not with someone. But still even then, when out in the real world, I feel retarded. Maybe it's just the anxiety, I don't know.
 
Rorschach

Rorschach

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Oh yeah...it's even hard for me to pay for something in the store or somewhere and my hands start to shake and all that sh*t.... sometimes, when I'm with a group of people, I just sit there quietly because I just don't know what's expected of me.... damn
 
NightTimeForever

NightTimeForever

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Well, I mean Academically my hs teachers said I was very intelligent or whatever. But navigating the real world is just too much for some reason, my anxiety of course doesn't help things and maybe that is the reason I struggle so much when it comes to being acclimated in the environment I'm in.
 
billy

billy

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My anxiety kills me. im always questioning if i spelled words right or if that makes sense.
 
Ventrilo

Ventrilo

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every minute of every day i question my competence, it's so irrational. I'm one of the top students in my field in my university and yet i don't apply for research jobs because I figure i'm too incompetent. Yet many of my colleagues who i know i am equal or above have these jobs.. It's so frustrating to be locked in this illogical state of mind when my field (math) is based on logic and its the only thiing i'm good at
 
Zarrix

Zarrix

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I question it all the time. I am much more confident by myself, but as soon as another human being is involved, It all goes out the window. I keep thinking I say idiotic things and in general look like a moron. Sadly confidence will always drag you and every bit of you down to its level, no matter how low it is.
 
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