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Ask HN: How do you handle your mental lows?
23 by mlejva | 8 comments on Hacker News.
I've been working on a project of mine. I even have a small number of users that care about the product. Yet from time to time I fall into the feeling that everything I'm doing is worthless, extreme self-doubt and feeling that while others are moving ahead with their lives I'm just stuck and useless. It usually lasts 1-3 days making me unable to be productive. It used to be worse and last week(s). What I learned is to remember how these lows feel. Nowadays I know that "It's just another one of those, it shall pass". I also try to get very analytical when it hits and find out why do I feel like that. I have a few questions. (1) Is this normal? If I take a look at, let's say famous, entrepreneurs on Twitter, for example, most of them seem to know what to do and seem to be very pragmatic. Whereas I just often feel completely lost and I feel like I'm throwing my life away and not being good enough. But the things is I love this! I love the whole process of creating new things and figuring them out. I can't imagine myself doing anything else. It's just these lows that I don't know how to handle. (2) If you experience similar feelings do you have any tips on how to handle them?

I've been working on a project of mine. I even have a small number of users that care about the product. Yet from time to time I fall into the feeling that everything I'm doing is worthless, extreme self-doubt and feeling that while others are moving ahead with their lives I'm just stuck and useless. It usually lasts 1-3 days making me unable to be productive. It used to be worse and last week(s). What I learned is to remember how these lows feel. Nowadays I know that "It's just another one of those, it shall pass". I also try to get very analytical when it hits and find out why do I feel like that. I have a few questions. (1) Is this normal? If I take a look at, let's say famous, entrepreneurs on Twitter, for example, most of them seem to know what to do and seem to be very pragmatic. Whereas I just often feel completely lost and I feel like I'm throwing my life away and not being good enough. But the things is I love this! I love the whole process of creating new things and figuring them out. I can't imagine myself doing anything else. It's just these lows that I don't know how to handle. (2) If you experience similar feelings do you have any tips on how to handle them?