I can't help but think I'm terrible at everything I do. I play video games a lot and yet most of my friends are so much better. Also, I pretty much lose all the time, especially in board games. Every single board game I play I end up losing. I may win a Monopoly game once a year but other than that I fail. And it's not just games, but sports too. I used to be great at tennis and could beat lots of my friends in my tennis class. Now, they can usually beat me. In addition to that, my grades are dropping. I tend to get too into games like Minecraft and QuizUp. Even though I play them a lot, my friends eat me in Minecraft and the only thing I'm good at in QuizUp is Led Zeppelin (my friends beat me in any other topic). Games are the reason my grades are dropping and I ended up with two B+'s this quarter (which is really bad for me). To top all of this off, I'm introverted and lack social skills with girls. The only thing I'm left with are my witty jokes, that, let's face it, don't matter. I can't help but think of my self as a good for nothing geek who lacks social skills and lacks character. Can someone please help me? Serious answers please.
Why am I so bad at everything? I mean seriously?
Well I take it you are the studious type that gets really into things. Use that to your advantage. So you lack social skills with girls? Go browse websites that teach you how to succeed with women/girls. Believe me there are tons out there. You have to filter the bad ones from the good ones.
Probably my favorite self help book is Mastery by George Leonard. You should really read it. It's about how people get good at a certain activity. It basically says too many people quit too early when they get stuck on a certain learning plateau. But the ones that become great are fine with being on a plateau because they persevere and eventually get to a higher plateau.
You can go on Scribd and search Mastery by George Leonard. It's a great book.
Peace and be well.
You are allowing your insecurity to control you, don't do that. Do not compete with others, and acknowledge that you are not as good as anyone else, instead, compete with yourself, and then you will notice that you can do many things. Better yourself, by stop worrying about yourself. Do you know what the greatest joy in life is? Love, and i mean in general, not intimate-wise. Try doing kind things for people, start loving people apart from their imperfections, do all that you can for someone. Stop making your life all about me, me, me, and go out and love others. Only then will you find love for yourself, because that's what you really seem to be lacking.
Names Mario i'm 19 I was a boss gamer when I played games I started from sega to nintendo 64 Ps1 ps2 ps3 xbox xbox 360 and well I was prettymuch a gamer all my life I was not social I went to school games went outside lacked social skills bad and I prettymuch had my own addiction its wasn't bad for me nore is it now when I was 6 I had my very first console, and I stoped playing games when I fell for a girl 15 but I still played after I lost intrest I never even spoke to her I had friends mostly gamers not like me kuz I was a boss at gamin anyways I just didn't let games be me my priority with the help of my family its best if you tell them to help you if your parents arn't stricked but I was a special Ed student freshmen and half of softmore I then kept playing but I put school first after putting school first I found reading funner than games and I made it out of special Ed and all As junior year and As & Bs senior graduated, I now have lots of friends just set your priorities