I am inferior

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KJC said:

There is no way to dodge it: I am an inferior human being. I don't understand people, I don't understand interpersonal relations, and will almost certainly not reproduce. While other social phonics can at least point to their work ethics or smarts, I don't have that either. I constantly procrastinate and have failed most of my classes the last two years. And nobody likes me, including my parents.

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I feel the same way. I had to give up studies because I couldn't handle the anxiety and it caused my marks to slip. I know how it feels, nobody likes me either, and I seriously doubt I will become a father/husband someday.

I can definitely relate to this. That said, are you really inferior? I think confident, well spoken, and even articulate people are put to much on a pedestal. Just because they appear to be more functional, it doesn't, in my eyes at least, excuse how damaging they are. You are not inferior, I doubt you'd treat people as they do, that in itself makes you a better person. Your grades slipping is not reflective of your ability, as you are dealing with far greater burdens just by turning up, then having to go home to strife. I actually respect you this. Give yourself at least an iota of credit! You are a living being, with a personality, abilities and all kinds of positive attributes, just because they aren't on show on all the time, doesn't mean they aren't there!

Do you have something you're passionate about? Forget what you're good at. Most people are not good at something.

Well, obviously I don't know the whole experience of your past & present home life, but judging from your post? I'd say that having much of a positive outlook on yourself is pretty severely diminished by parents that ridicule the psychiatric profession and don't seem to want to understand your situation and then want to help you out.

Sounds trite, but a positive mental state, or even a tiny positive spark, reflects on your outward personality, and is a key to finding friends & moving on.
You see a depressed person on the street, your first thought isn't 'Hey, I want to hang out with them!'. I learned long ago to have a slight smile on my face all the time.

And as for feeling inferior, I think most of us here have gone through that in shorter and longer stretches of time.
You can always flip it over: Am I inferior because I don't understand them, or are they inferior because they don't understand me?

KJC said:

There is no way to dodge it: I am an inferior human being. I don't understand people, I don't understand interpersonal relations, and will almost certainly not reproduce. While other social phobics can at least point to their work ethics or smarts, I don't have that either. I constantly procrastinate and have failed most of my classes the last two years.

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Hmm yes I think I'm in a very similar situation to you. I'm certainly not going to have children either, mainly because I have a bone problem I inherited and I don't want the gene to carry on and my potential child to inherit it and suffer.

Procrastination is a big problem for me too.

I think I need to see a psychiatrist buy my parents would throw a fit because they think they are all women crooks obsessed with sex.

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Give it a try if you can. Perhaps do it without your parents knowing if that's possible?