Is it normal i feel like i'll never 'make it'?

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Hi The Democratic Republic of IIN,

I feel like I have this big well of untapped potential. I'm extremely creative, reasonably smart, interested in the world around me and I think I could contribute a lot. But I feel this creeping, unsettling feeling that I will never 'make it'.

I can't find a job in the industry I'm interested in, I've become progressively distant from friends to the extent that I'm almost a non-entity, I have little to do all day and I have an overwhelming feeling that I'm wasting away. It's as though I'm dying.

I know being an outsider is customary here, but is it normal to feel like all of my potential is swishing down the sink? That, despite my strengths, I'm fading into obscurity?

(Background info: dropped out of university, fired from the only 2 jobs I've ever had, unemployed, 24 year old waste of space)

Yes, it's normal. 24
No, it's not normal. 1
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  • myboyfriendsbitch
    10 years ago

    I feel the exact same way, except I'm still in Uni. I feel like it's not helping though. Once I graduate... then what, you know? I should be making connections and getting involved, but I'm not. Not nearly as much as I should be. I am an artist and I haven't painted a single painting since summer began. I haven't even tried selling any of my older paintings. There's not going to be a freaking summer break all my life, so why am I wasting my time? Why didn't I go into journalism or psychology or something? If I want a job in my field I'm going to have to make it myself, basically, and I don't have the balls. Hell, I don't even have enough experience to get a restaurant job. I don't even know if I have the guts to stick with a job, as I haven't worked anywhere for more than 3 months and that was years ago. I'm screwed. I hope this is just a phase.

    - 23 year old waste of space

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  • Unimportant
    10 years ago

    Democratic Republic of IIN? We are a Monarchy!

    Seriously though, I see where you're coming from. I myself almost envy unintelligent people, who never reflect, never doubt, never ask themselves these things.
    But too much doubt is a bad mentality to have and is not going to make us more successful in life.

    Althoght we might understand different things under "being successful", but that is a whole other question.

    - 25 y.o. waste of space

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  • KeddersPrincess
    10 years ago

    Yes. It's normal, I think we all have the feeling.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    You are not alone. I am pretty much the same age as you are. I am 23 and unemployed. I send in multiple applications almost everyday to any job that is available. I feel like a social parasite and the worst thing is seeing all my peers who are light years ahead of me career wise. I know I have an easy out with a phenobarbital od. Suicide isn't really a viable option but its comforting I have an exit method.

    You will probably live another 50 or 60 years just think how much can change in that timeframe. You won't always be in this situation. Especially not the rest of your natural life.

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  • [email protected]
    10 years ago

    Neither will I.

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