what to do if you lack critical thinking skills but are also self aware of it
hello everyone! i am a 27F and in the last few years i have realized i am kind of an idiot, lol. i value intelligence, but as i’ve gotten older i realize that i am kind of dumb— it’s like im air headed and lack critical thinking skills compared to everybody else i interact with. the issue is, im horrifically self aware about this and as much as i have tried to change and improve it’s gone nowhere. ive been dealing with this for years, but my self esteem since i’ve gotten a new job in the last six months has absolutely tanked because it’s even more obvious in the field that i am in. i have tried everything, being more “invisible,” educating myself more, just trying to laugh off whatever embarrassing thing i did in front of my coworkers, etc.
i guess it’s just an extremely hard pill to swallow, and i have got to figure out how to not feel any lower than i currently do because i am at rock bottom, lol.
thank you in advance!
edit: edit to add that i don’t feel like i don’t have value or bring anything to the table, but this one aspect of myself is dominating all of the other qualities about myself that i view as “good” because this constantly impacts everything around me
the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which turns this into more of a debate
From my side, this comes across more reactive than planned That’s just my read on it.
I get the idea, this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone
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this feels more about execution than intent and that’s where it gets complicated That’s the key detail here.
the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage That part stands out. At least from my perspective.
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Trying to be fair, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified Curious how this plays out. At least from my perspective.