[Fleury29]

I've noticed that once I start messing up, than there's no going back, I may as well quit because nothing will go right with whatever I'm doing from that point forward. It doesn't matter if it's something I'm good at, and know by heart almost, once I mess up once I just need to quit, because It's just going to get in my head. I don't know how to not let one mistake get to me, can anyone help me out here?

lack of motivation is something I deal with when depressed. Some of it is I don't feel worth it, sometimes it is cause I feel I will just bugger it up, sometimes it's that I think no one will care. It's a neverending circle.

How do I get out of it?

My therapist started me tracking my activities and perceptions about them. What pleasure do I think I will gain from the activity and what pleasure did I actually get. When I started there was a huge difference. I had no expectation for pleasure but got a little from it. Then I expected a little more and ended up with a little more pleasure and so on. It is getting a little easier one step at a time to get out and to do things. Oh the anxiety of failure is still there but I am getting more motivated and less upset when something doesn't turn out great.

[PianogirlPlays]

I know how you feel but with me it is my thoughts. Once I get a messy one on it goes and builds. I ought to just go lie down and hope to start over! A lot of stuff has really gotten to me.

I know exactly how you feel. My supervisor is VERY specific about what she wants, and every little mistake just makes me feel worse and worse. If I only screwed up here and there I might not feel so bad, but I make many mistakes everyday. And sometimes they're not little, sometimes they're big. :/ I don't know what's wrong with me because I didn't used to be this way. I think maybe it's because though I'm detail-oriented, I've always been a very slow worker. What I'm doing right now is very fast-paced. If I work too fast I make a lot of mistakes, but if I work to slow my supervisor is still unsatisfied. It's a catch-22, and I don't know what to do about it. :/

I'm beginning to feel really bad about myself for constantly making mistakes. I feel like I'm a failure, I feel ashamed, and I can't justify to myself NOT feeling guilty about screwing up all the time. Does anyone else have these feelings?