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Originally Posted by pegasus
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.  |
I wouldn't describe myself as a depressive. From how I understand it (please note I'm statistically very likely to be wrong as usual) someone who is depressed loses there ability to see joy and value in life, has a low sense of self worth, and doesn't enjoy things they used to due to disinterest. However I see joy and value in human life and believe both have intrinsic worth, I'm just failing to utilize it properly leading to despair. I don't have a low perception of myself, I'm just a realist. I don't enjoy my hobbies not because I see no point in doing them anymore or because they don't hold my interest, but rather because everything I like doing everyone else does better than me. I fail to see the value in doing something when it's going to be of repulsive quality and I'm never going to be as good at it as everyone else is. I don't know what you'd call that but that is how I feel.