From what I've read, your experiences and feelings are pretty common.
It seems to me that it takes a very special sort of self-obsession to constantly produce social media content, completely ignore the critics and the trolls, and never feel that what you're doing isn't as good as what others are producing. Being able to do that for any time requires an enormous, absolutely bullet-proof ego.
If you're in social media content production, it's like being in a traditional job where your boss is a huge, faceless, fickle corporate entity, you have to figure out on your own what your job description and role is, your interaction with customers is very restricted, there are constant performance reviews, and if you fail to meet some unspecified performance goals, either your pay is slashed without warning or you're fired. Any normal person working in a job like that would feel very stressed, and most people would burn out pretty quickly.
From what you say, it's clear that social media content creator is not a job that's a good fit for you. That doesn't mean you're worthless or totally shit at life; it just means that this is not the best niche for you. The fact that you decided to give it a shot does not mean you're stupid; it just means you made a mistake, and making mistakes is how we learn about ourselves and the world.
You might want to think about what you hoped to get out of this endeavour at the start. Presumably, you believed it would meet some need(s) of yours and make your life more enjoyable in some way. Perhaps you should consider if those needs can be met in some other way. If it was obtaining the validation and approval of others that mainly motivated you, then I'd suggest that you need to do some work on your self-esteem. If someone fundamentally believes that they're a worthless failure, no amount of adulation from others will ever make them truly believe otherwise.
I feel it was a mistake to become a content creator
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From what I've read, your experiences and feelings are pretty common.
It seems to me that it takes a very special sort of self-obsession to constantly produce social media content, completely ignore the critics and the trolls, and never feel that what you're doing isn't as good as what others are producing. Being able to do that for any time requires an enormous, absolutely bullet-proof ego.
If you're in social media content production, it's like being in a traditional job where your boss is a huge, faceless, fickle corporate entity, you have to figure out on your own what your job description and role is, your interaction with customers is very restricted, there are constant performance reviews, and if you fail to meet some unspecified performance goals, either your pay is slashed without warning or you're fired. Any normal person working in a job like that would feel very stressed, and most people would burn out pretty quickly.
From what you say, it's clear that social media content creator is not a job that's a good fit for you. That doesn't mean you're worthless or totally shit at life; it just means that this is not the best niche for you. The fact that you decided to give it a shot does not mean you're stupid; it just means you made a mistake, and making mistakes is how we learn about ourselves and the world.
You might want to think about what you hoped to get out of this endeavour at the start. Presumably, you believed it would meet some need(s) of yours and make your life more enjoyable in some way. Perhaps you should consider if those needs can be met in some other way. If it was obtaining the validation and approval of others that mainly motivated you, then I'd suggest that you need to do some work on your self-esteem. If someone fundamentally believes that they're a worthless failure, no amount of adulation from others will ever make them truly believe otherwise.