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Anyone else unable to let it go when they make a mistake?

Any time I make a mistake, I REALLY let it get to me. I am unable to let it go, and it wrecks my confidence and self esteem. I automatically think I'm unintelligent, incapable, and a failure. It may seem like a dramatic reaction, but this is the direction my brain goes. It can be just about ANY mistake, too. Big or small. This is why my confidence stays in the gutter. *Sigh*
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Focus on your positive attributes..
Literally out that thought to the back of your mind

Every single time you find yourself in the negative tjoughts, just instantly bring yourself to the "positive thoughts about me",

Tell you that you love you..
Casheyane · 31-35, F
In practice, you become confident with failures. The more failure you get, the more experiences you gain. But of course, it's a matter of not making the same sort of failure multiple times.

If you think about how others see you, you will feel pressured. Just think of self-love, and imagine the person you wish to be. A better person than yesterday. Fight to be her and nothing else. Give yourself a pat if you fail. Pout, then try again. Encourage yourself. Your own heart needs to hear you believing in yourself. But also, be there for yourself to catch you should you fail. That is one true way to be strong.
in10RjFox · M
Mistake is different from error. Mistake means we have misunderstood something while taking or took something thinking that it's something else.

To err is human, because we need to develop the skill..

So.. just try again for you are the participant and judge to everything. So don't let the judge undermine your skill, because without you he has none to judge.

It's best you send him away on a holiday and then start developing your skills. Never have him around when you are practicing for he is a nasty critic who takes pride for his judgements but will not let you develop since he has no skill for himself.
Yeah that's on trauma, I'm sorry you had horrible adults around you to say those things to you or themselves 😕
BnBSpringer09 · 26-30, F
@greensnacks The thing is, I grew up in a great family. I had a horrible time in school, though, with both students and a handful of teachers. Also unfortunately had to go to therapy from bullying and honestly, the "therapy" made things worse for me. I've done much better in my adulthood, but still slip on things like this.
Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
It’s part of bring human to make mistakes. We all do it. Just start over and try again. Keep redoing it until you find a way that works for you.
Gibbon · 70-79, M
No. I usually immediately know what caused the mistake and while yes a little ticked at myself I go into how to fix it mode.
Hey hey hey...

Slow down..
Every mistake is an opportunity to do it differently.

Write down everything, that's the best way to find out
UndeadSona · F
I own everything I do so mistakes are more less effective answers then end of the world forks in the road.

Not that those don't exist
Anon066 · 31-35, M
My roommate is like this, it's crippling. Everybody makes mistakes and mistakes are learning opportunities, they're not the end of the world.
fun4us2b · M
I'd drive myself crazy if I didn't let it go....but the ones that sometimes get me are the ones that have happened before and I really should have known...
Nebula · 41-45, F
It depends on what it is
RedBaron · M
You’ll be easier on yourself as you age.
BnBSpringer09 · 26-30, F
@RedBaron I sure hope so!
I'll let you know. 🤭
I'm biggest critic
SW-User
BnBSpringer09 · 26-30, F
@SW-User Thank you ♥
lovingdead · 31-35, M
My regret, mistakes, and issues are like fidget spinners, i can't help but pick them back up after I put them down
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Aether0Starflux · 22-25, C
This is terrifyingly relatable. It really sucks. I could mess up on one simple thing, even just making a grammatical error in a sentence, and my self esteem would hit rock bottom.
swirlie · F
No actually, you do not really let it get to you when you make a mistake. It is actually your ego that lets it get to you whenever you make a mistake!

You are not your ego and your ego is not you, but you are allowing your ego to intervene where it has no place in your life.

It is your ego that you have to go after; it is not your lack of self-confidence that you have to fix!

Chasing after your self-confidence is like trying to treat the symptoms of a disease instead of treating the cause of the disease itself. In your case, your cause is your ego.
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
From time to time yes I suffer from this

 
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