Is it normal to NEVER improve at ANYTHING no matter how hard you try?
TL;DR I basically always suck at EVERYTHING no matter how hard I try or how much I practice. Like even with a professional tutor helping me and everything I just still don't improve at anything anyway.
The title says it...I ask because that's basically how it is for me. It's not just my personal insecurity either. People in my life (whether it be friends, family, acquaintances, and even random strangers) have literally told me: "Wow...how can someone practice consistently for such a long time and show absolutely ZERO improvement?"
And this applies to ANYTHING in general really...any skill or activity or hobby really. From drawing to writing to singing to playing video games to swimming to cooking to board games and/or card games to sports in general to school grades to working at a job, etc...just anything in general really, like previously stated.
Like take drawing for example...I've been drawing since I was 6 years old in kindergarten, and today I'm 22 years old...my drawings at age 22 LITERALLY look the same as the drawings I made at age 6, absolutely ZERO improvement...when I showed people they were like: "I seriously can't tell the difference between your childhood drawings and your current drawings." And I've been practicing regularly over all those years too. Like at least a couple of drawings every week.
Or video games...even video games I have played since I was a small child, I get beaten by little kids or grandparents who are just picking up the video game for the first time and don't even have a grasp on the controls...and I mean LITERALLY...
I think I might have a serious learning disability, though I'm not quite sure what my problem is yet as of now since I've never had ANY sort of professional diagnosis from a doctor.
They say "practice makes perfect" but I don't think practice makes a goddamn difference if you're practicing a lot but practicing in the WRONG way...which I seem to be doing. Problem is even with people giving me tips on how to "practice correctly" or even with tutors helping me, I still show ZERO improvement anyway...
The title says it...I ask because that's basically how it is for me. It's not just my personal insecurity either. People in my life (whether it be friends, family, acquaintances, and even random strangers) have literally told me: "Wow...how can someone practice consistently for such a long time and show absolutely ZERO improvement?"
And this applies to ANYTHING in general really...any skill or activity or hobby really. From drawing to writing to singing to playing video games to swimming to cooking to board games and/or card games to sports in general to school grades to working at a job, etc...just anything in general really, like previously stated.
Like take drawing for example...I've been drawing since I was 6 years old in kindergarten, and today I'm 22 years old...my drawings at age 22 LITERALLY look the same as the drawings I made at age 6, absolutely ZERO improvement...when I showed people they were like: "I seriously can't tell the difference between your childhood drawings and your current drawings." And I've been practicing regularly over all those years too. Like at least a couple of drawings every week.
Or video games...even video games I have played since I was a small child, I get beaten by little kids or grandparents who are just picking up the video game for the first time and don't even have a grasp on the controls...and I mean LITERALLY...
I think I might have a serious learning disability, though I'm not quite sure what my problem is yet as of now since I've never had ANY sort of professional diagnosis from a doctor.
They say "practice makes perfect" but I don't think practice makes a goddamn difference if you're practicing a lot but practicing in the WRONG way...which I seem to be doing. Problem is even with people giving me tips on how to "practice correctly" or even with tutors helping me, I still show ZERO improvement anyway...
