Does your self confidence swing from doubt to certainty without warning?

[Anonymous]

One minute you’re thinking “I’m the greatest of all time” and the next you’re thinking “I’m a failure that no one will ever love”

How common is it? And how do you manage the lows?

[Gobbyjobby52]

It used to a lot more when i was younger, up and down with superiority and inferiority. I avoid giving my ego fuel like asking chagpt "I was wondering am i bright/tall/moral?" questions because this pulls me into a headspace that it hard to leave and is usually shot down by life.

[Asker]

So your solution is to not climb too high so that you don’t fall too low

I suppose it’s a valid strategy

But what about the days you need motivation?
Willing yourself to do the thing required a level self reassurance.
And after the job is done, here comes the down time

[Gobbyjobby52]

Sometimes ego can come through but I try to wait on the next thing and routine around it and find some meaning to what im doing so i can later have downtime. I tell myself that I'll get through and that if i don't do anything i could end up worst off, kicked out of my parents, destitute, unwell again I take meds that sort of force me to be on top of that kind of thing, I'll exercise as well which gives me the motivation to do things i'd otherwise avoid. It's not really glamorous though can get boring at times, but before 18 i ran on fear most of the time, everything was high stakes not because i felt i was better and could do more (which life is showing me more and more than i can't really).

[Nikki1989]

No, never.