Do you ever think yourself as a failure?

United States
May 10, 2009 7:01pm CST
I always thought of myself as a failure. I watch my friend one by one getting married. Although I am in love with this girl, but I am not sure whether she likes me or not. I am afraid of many things. I couldn't make up decision myself sometimes. I am not bold enough to pursue my dream. I always want to be finance secure. I afraid to take an adventure of my life, I always want to be safe, even though I have many dreams on my adventure. I had done nothing right. Even I tried to start a business of my own, it never work out the way I planned. Am I a total failure. I want to work hard, and make everything right. At the end, it comes a disappointment all the time.
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@cainam (493)
• Philippines
11 May 09
you ar not a failure. it is just hard for you to take dissapointments. i know because i am also like that but when i weight things carefully i coul say that i am not a failure at all. also look on the bright things. learn to appreciate.
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@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
11 May 09
Yes many times I always tell myself why I'm not lucky about work, health and lovelife. Sometimes I ask God why he gave me so much trials in my life that I can't solved all of them. I always a failure to myself and to my parents. I'm still dependent with my parents because I can't support myself. I don't know if my life will improve in the future. I'm afraid to venture on things. Sometimes I feel envy for to my classmates and acquiatance that they are successful in their life unlike me that I always experienced misfortune.
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• Philippines
15 May 09
Yeah, I think I was like you everything I planned always doesnt get in the way i wanted to. I had many mistakes I've done before. And all my decisions seemed to be wrong. Im still facing many problems right now due to all my mistake and wrong decisions. but I'm ready to more on and forget the past. I think I was really a bad girl that why I didnt get what I want. But I'm still not gonna give up in all my dreams.
15 May 09
We all feel like this sometimes, I also feel like a failure as well. I have had so many jobs and keep chopping and changing jobs, I don't know if I put my failure down to bad luck, or sometimes I think I am cursed as well. I am now trying to survive on part time wages as there isn't any jobs out there. I still live with my parents but can't save much money to move into my own place because i don't earn enough to do this. I feel like I have failed!
@Glow1971 (354)
• Spain
15 May 09
I sometimes do think of myself as failing in some areas of my life. I didn't finish college 20 yrs ago and now at age 37, I will be returning to college in September and hopefully get my degree in Psychology. It's been eating me alive for the past 20 years and finally I feel like it's actually going to happen. I guess back then i wasn't mature enough to handle the pressure but I guess that will happen if you don't have the support that you need. I'm taking a chance with going back to college and I hope you take a chance in trying to live your dreams and not let other people get in the way. It's important to take chances in life because you will never know what the outcome will be unless you at least try. Best of Luck!
• United States
11 May 09
My siblings already have girlfriends/boyfriends, and here I am all alone. They're also living on their own, and I'm literally forced to live with my parents. I know how you're feeling, I've been through the same thing, almost right down to what you're experiencing.
@docipain (135)
• Germany
11 May 09
I don't call me a failure when no one tells me that I am one. Not directly in ways like: "This and that person made this and that in life and you didn't made anything at all." In that moments I also feel like no good at all. But we have to get over it. We need a lot self-confidence in life to reach several goals. So we should stop thinking too much and just do the stuff we aim for. It can fail but failing in some moments in life is okay because it just makes us stronger. So I am not trying to bring myself in such moods again. I feel better in this way..just aim for something and it's fine.
@docipain (135)
• Germany
11 May 09
wrong added comment..I am sorry T_T
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
13 May 09
Personally I think over the yrs. we all have experienced or will experience this a time or two. We might feel we are worth nothing due to still being single when everyone around us our age is married, or maybe we do not have the Best job like others around us, and such. But personally I think we should never allow this to get us down. It might be just the thing to help motivate yourself to make the changes you really need, and realize being Single might not be a Bad thing after all as well.
• United States
11 May 09
There is power in the tongue. The words you speak is what you become, if you don't think much of who you are, how will you ever find love. The Bible says in Psalms 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made,marvellous are thy works and my soul knowth right well. Bottomline, God said it and now you know it. Sit down right about all the wonderful things about yourself and embrace life. The greatest love is inside of you..............get that song by Whitney Houston and listen to the words and believe. Faith has no fear! You need me, you know where to find me. Start taking baby steps and watch how your life will turn around. Things don't work out right because you already declared it's going to fail! Short term goals will get the ball rolling. Come on, I need your help and people fail because they are afraid to try. So mentally they die. God speaks life in everything we do, the scripture is proof.
@babyorchid (1737)
• China
13 May 09
yes i do. looking around , my friends are always so excellent..i feel so sad for my useless... i didnt gain any target of my life... but hey clorissa...never lose hope..i still study so hard to make a different.. i dont wanna be regratted someday.. just work hard, and keep believing urself..
@AKMEDIA2 (328)
• United States
12 May 09
Even though I try to start online businesses and try different things and at times they fail, I don't really think of these things as failures. I don't ever really think of myself as a failure. I've found through my life that things often times work out for the best and so I'm a true believer in that.
• Philippines
11 May 09
I know that I have lots of failed plans but I never thought myself as a failure. Of course, I'd be disappointed but I have to remind myself that everything happens for a reason. The destiny might have a better plan for us so that's why not all our plans are followed.
• Canada
11 May 09
Try going to the gym a few times a week. it will greatly boost your confidence and self image. you will also meet alot of people that feel the same way as you. your not a failure your life is what you make it. as long as you learn from your mistakes your on the right track. If you are interested in begining a work out program just let me know and ill set you up.
@wgh423 (65)
• China
14 May 09
Anyhow, don't give up and try ur best to fulfil ur dreams. We all know that success is mostly failure, but we are so young,we can learn from these experience and do right in the future. And give u a sincere advise, never compare with others in the life, how do u know they are more successful than u ,more happy than u?what u see is just the superficies,what u need to do is just trying to outdo urself!
@ibelle09 (155)
• China
11 May 09
Everyone meets problems in daily life. I don't think you need consider yourself a as failure. As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. So i believe if you try on , you will succeed. But first you should be confidendt in yourself. As for me, i sometimes think i am a failure when i can't do things rightly or perfectly. But most of the time, i feel good.
• Philippines
11 May 09
No, i don't think so although I have so many frustrations I still consider myself to be successful. I had achieved my goal to finish studying and to have a degree. I am successful although before I achieved in there are many times I cried because of failure. Only in failure we will understand the real meaning of success. Only in failure we will feel our achievement. In your case, are you sure it always happened that way?. Maybe you have wrong decisions. It always good to start and make up for those things. You just need to move on.If your plan A did not work you have to have a plan B or plan C. There is always a way, there is always a solution, don't let those things put you down. I am like, that but in a day ,I always say to myself, If I will be here on earth tomorrow, i promise it will be a new me. And be humble, because nobody's perfect, no one is always happy. We all walks through rough times. Just believe in yourself and believe that you can make things happen anyhow.
• Philippines
11 May 09
Never give up, that's one thing i can say to you. Unless some one here would come up and say i NEVER failed. but we are all failures in our on trials but the idea is that you don't let the flame of passion die with you but instead inspire yourself to recover and do it again and again until yo have done it right. with out risk, yo would never know the success that awaits you..
@chillpill90 (1936)
11 May 09
I sometimes have a bad day when i feel that iv let people down and as a result i feel that im a failure. Just because your scared to take a risk doesn't mean your a failure. Working hard and stayin in a job actually shows your not a failure if you were you wouldn't have a job and if you have a job your making money which you need to be able to acheive your goals and dreams. There are many people who have lost their jobs i am one of them and thats wat makes you feel like a failure especially when its because the company is cuttin the number it hires. Your not a failure your just cautious.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
11 May 09
Don't you worry a lot about it. You just try to learn from your mistakes and then you might find the right way to deal with different problems. I also sometimes used to think in such a way but demoralizing ourself will never help us. So we have to learn from our mistakes and try to do better things in our future life. Don't let disappointment make place in your mind because it can break you.
@Tk5013 (311)
• Liberia
11 May 09
NOT evertime. but somewtimes i fell ia m a failure. i am hardworking but you cant be suceeded al the time. i lack little bit of luck. tat time i feel failed . but i will try to forget that as soon as possble.
@yoyozhou (356)
• China
11 May 09
Oh, what you said above completely describes me! I always feel I am completely loser.Sometimes I am sorry to my mom who gave birth to me because I let her disapointed. But I am young since I am 25. I have long way to go and life will be better! I will never give up.My dream will come true.Even if I failure, parents and friends will always support me so that I will always be happy and never give up. I also hope I can meet somebody who I will be in love with and then marry.It is not easy. Just hold on! Good luck.