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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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.