It seems that you have a decent IQ. Additionally you seem to be conscious and can avoid procrastination which is a very, very valuable characteristic.
On the other hand you have issues with self esteem. As far as I understand IQ testing gets used by real psychologists in cases like this.
Taking David Burns CBT book, “The Feeling Good Handbook” and doing the exercises every day for 15 minutes would likely do a lot for you, especially if you can get yourself to do the exercises regularly.
Another stupid question to boot: will all this make me more content with my current situation? While not being a pleasant feeling, my discontent with my competence does serve as a motivator to actually study. I wouldn’t have asked this question here and wouldn’t receive all the advice if I were less competent than everyone else and okay with it.
That’s a really interesting question, and I don’t have an answer to it. Do you have any ideas about how your life might be different in positive ways if you didn’t think you were less competent than everyone about everything? Is there anything you’d like to do just because it’s important to you?
Do you have any ideas about how your life might be different in positive ways if you didn’t think you were less competent than everyone about everything?
Not anything specific.
Is there anything you’d like to do just because it’s important to you?
I have goals and values beyond being content or happy, but they are more than a couple of inferential steps away from my day-to-day routine, and I don’t have that inner fire thingy that would bridge the gap. So, more often than not, they are not the main component of my actual motivation. Also, I am afraid of possibility of having my values changed.
It seems that you have a decent IQ. Additionally you seem to be conscious and can avoid procrastination which is a very, very valuable characteristic.
On the other hand you have issues with self esteem. As far as I understand IQ testing gets used by real psychologists in cases like this.
Taking David Burns CBT book, “The Feeling Good Handbook” and doing the exercises every day for 15 minutes would likely do a lot for you, especially if you can get yourself to do the exercises regularly.
I also support Nancy’s suggestion of Feldenkrais.
Another stupid question to boot: will all this make me more content with my current situation? While not being a pleasant feeling, my discontent with my competence does serve as a motivator to actually study. I wouldn’t have asked this question here and wouldn’t receive all the advice if I were less competent than everyone else and okay with it.
That’s a really interesting question, and I don’t have an answer to it. Do you have any ideas about how your life might be different in positive ways if you didn’t think you were less competent than everyone about everything? Is there anything you’d like to do just because it’s important to you?
Not anything specific.
I have goals and values beyond being content or happy, but they are more than a couple of inferential steps away from my day-to-day routine, and I don’t have that inner fire thingy that would bridge the gap. So, more often than not, they are not the main component of my actual motivation. Also, I am afraid of possibility of having my values changed.