Is it normal that i feel that i'm not good at anything?

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I never feel like I'm good at ANYTHING even though it's something I WANT to do. Of course, my friends are good at majority of the things I'm not which makes feel left out. I make an effort and eventually give up at it. I'm pretty sure I'm being too insecure but I feel that I have no special talent. After giving up on so many things, there's nothing I can really get into or anything that I really enjoy doing. I know it's a natural feeling but I want to hear someone else's thoughts(besides me friend's). I know I won't be good at EVERYTHING and I wont be bad at EVERYTHING but I need someone's honest opinion.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    8 years ago

    I noticed that you said you tried things and gave up even if you wanted to do them.

    Therein lies your problem: you keep giving up.

    There was a point about 4 years ago in which I felt the same way as you. Then I got an old car because I needed a car and I am broke and I got so tired of constantly having to go to people whenever some issue came up that I learned to work on it myself. I went to school for it at one point but most of what I learned, I learned on the internet. I'm a pretty decent mechanic and I constantly work to improve my skill. The other day I pulled a part from a junkyard in a car that was totally different from mine and retrofitted the part parts from the old component in my car and reinstalled it. No more check engine light.

    Before all of my successes though lie a huge host of failures (as I was teaching myself and doing these things on my own) and a lot of people telling me to just give up and take it to a shop but my heart was in it and I have a nicely working car to show for it.

    My friends who aren't mechanics see me as having some sort of natural aptitude for it but all they are seeing is the result of countless hours of blood, sweat and tears.

    Pick something that you have always wanted to do or pick something that someone else does that you admire the living fuck out of them for and stick to it. There is really no substitute for dedication and if you have a working internet connection, you've already got like 60% of what you need.

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  • KingTermite
    8 years ago

    It's entirely possible you're really not good at anything. Or that you're insecure. Who knows? Who cares?

    Just do what you like to do and enjoy life. Stop obsessing over things like this.... unless you're really good at it.

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    First off, how old are you?
    If you are under thirty, I doubt you've even touched the surface of knowing what you might be good at or not. I would council patience and keep trying new things.

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  • mari_98
    8 years ago

    You're trying so hard to find something that you're really good of that it doesn't work out the way you want it to. You're freaking out about it, and when you do everything seems to fail. I wanted to find something I'm good at too, but I haven't find it yet and I'm 17. I know I do really great on school. Next year I'll try taking guitar and voice lessons. Let's see what happens. I'm just not freaking out over it.

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