the constant fear of failure and rejection sucks the joy out of everything, how do I become more confident?
I'll give you the same advice I give other people. Give yourself something to be confident about. Maybe it's your looks. Maybe a hobby/talent. Maybe your job. Who knows. But you gotta give yourself something to be confident about otherwise the false confidence will only take you so far, possibly less far than where you are right now.
>>18615679
I already tried that.
I got a well-paying job.
I have good grades.
I work out.
I can sing/draw.
No matter what I try, at the end of the day, I still feel like a piece of shit that doesn't deserve anything.
>>18615692
Then you gotta figure out the source of why you feel that way and work on it.
>>18615667
you don't become more confident in your self until you do it despite the feat of failure and rejections. once you experience that you begin to realize it literally has no effect on your life and become confident in the fact that even if you do fail it doesn't matter.
>>18615700
so failure has no affect on your life?
>>18615667
If you ask a girl for her number on the streets and she rejects you, what have you lost?
Nothing. You have gained instead.
>>18616056
was meant for >>18616005
just an example.
Meditate fool. Lack of confidence is almost always a result of over thinking or self-monitoring.