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Old Nov 28, 2014, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by anothercliché View Post
I don't know if this is the proper forum to ask this, but I couldn't find a more appropriate one.
I am beginning to think I'm mentally challenged, slow, special, whatever term is the correct one currently. It seems my brain is incapable of performing basic descision making functions. It seems that every choice I make is the wrong one, every time I'm given a task I perform it sub optimally, and any time I'm given options I go for the inferior ones. I am generally able to tell after the fact that my choice was incorrect but most of the time during I earnestly feel that I'm doing the right thing. Just from a purely statistical standpoint I cannot be this stupid. Even though I'm REALLY stupid it's not possible for me to make wrong descision on the sheer scale I've been making them all of my life. Either something genuinely has damaged the portion of my brain that deals with rational descision making, I'm subconsciously sabotaging myself, or I really have just underestimated my own idiocy. Any input would be appreciated, as would any impairments that spring to mind when you read my admittedly bad description. Thank you for your time!
Hello anothercliche,

No you are not mentally challenged, or slow or special. The correct term for that would be a 'learning disability' which you would have been born with, school would have supported you and you would actually be unaware of the issue compared to other people.

Reading you further, it is apparent that you either have a very self-deprecating sarcastic humour or you are truly down on yourself. If your self-esteem and view of yourself is that bad, it can make you doubt everything. You have described yourself as a moron and such, that's not going to give you any self confidence in making decisions and will also make you anxious in making any decisions. Depression can make us believe all sorts of dreadful things about ourselves. I'm not diagnosing you but it does sound like the dim view that you have of yourself is literally dragging you down!

Please go and see your doctor and look into therapy/medication and keep sharing with us.
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