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Originally Posted by OPRMC
I feel you completely. In a way, it doesn't even matter that I deleted the original message. You probably could fill in your own details and it would be the same thing as mine. No matter how great people tell me I am...even if the praise is coming from people I admire and respect, it still doesn't fill the void. Any accomplishment I make will be qualified by the reason I feel I didn't deserve it or the reason it's not really much of an accomplishment after all.
Graduate from prestigious music school=Oh...the school sucked....the program was easy...they'll let anybody graduate.
Make living as a musician=Well...I'm only making a living playing dumb music I hate
Play to enormous audience=We weren't the headliner so it's meaningless
One of my favorite musicians on the planet compliments me=He's just being nice
Go for a walk while depressed=All you did was go for a walk...it's pathetic that you think that's an accomplishment
Lose 5 lbs=You'll just gain it back...and look how fat you still are
And on and on and on until I just don't want to even get out of bed.
So, when I see that another person is doing better than me, it just makes it all 10x worse.
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I do this ALL the time. But there will always be someone out there that has it better than you....just like there will always be someone is worse off. We have to some how accept our lot and try to appreciate what it is that is good about ourselves and our lives.
I know it isn't easy when feeling down about ourselves but we must try and see what it is we have. Now take all those statements you just wrote, and try your best to list something positive, no matter how small, just list it. If you can't do it now, try tomorrow.
It is easy to see the bad in our lives and see our faults when comparing ourselves to others. The art of seeing the positive is a rewarding one. Try never to look to anyone nor look down. Just be.
