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Hating myself and feeling guilty & stupid for making mistakes....

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Everytime I make a mistake I fall into an emotional pit which I take days to come out. It's damn hard to feel that everytime I make a mistake. I don't know how to stop feeling it. It affects everything. My social interactions, studies and my moods. I'm losing my mind day by day.....

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TrustYourSoul

What was the "mistake"?

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Dreamer468 in reply to TrustYourSoul

It was a simple mistake. The thing is I've chronic OCD. I guess you can figure out the rest.

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hypercat54

Well as human being constantly make mistakes you are going to find your life will be completely in the pit.

Are you a perfectionist? And if so where does it come from? Do you know.

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Dreamer468 in reply to hypercat54

Perfectionist? Yes. I've Chronic OCD. I found about it very late where OCD took vontrol of my life. So yeah its a mess

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hypercat54 in reply to Dreamer468

Can you trace any roots of your issues to your past? Do you know what made you anxious or to become a perfectionist? I think you need to look into that maybe with the help of therapy?

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CoderMom

There is not a perfect person on this earth.

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