I am struggling with finding anything positive about myself.

Lately, I am having such massive depressive episodes, mainly just with me feeling like a failure or that i keep screwing everything I do up. I've been like this for years, even before i was diagnosed with Asperger's. In school, the kids would always point out that i messed up or that i didn't do something the right way. Then i would see my parents, siblings or friends do things either the right way or perfectly and they would be praised.

It was like this for years, and it's gotten to a point to where I legit can't think of a nice thing to say about myself. Even when someone would try to say a nice to me, I'd just say something like "I did alright." or "It wasn't a big deal." My therapist even told me to write down one thing I like about myself everyday, but I cannot think of 1 thing to write. i can't even say "I love myself." and mean it. I recently accepted a lot of things about myself, like being gay, but I still can't find anything positive to say about myself.

I want to change this mindset, but it feels like it is set in stone. Am I a lost cause?

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  • Perhaps you are too busy comparing yourself to others.

    Try to stop comparing. If you were in a room of people like you what would you want to tell them?

    It is not nothing to have made it this far. It is not nothing to have survived whatever struggles you have 

    If you do things differently, perhaps it is not wrong really.

    Look at some art. Picasso didn't paint like others. There are other examples of different thinking being a strength. 

    What moves you may move others.

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  • Perhaps you are too busy comparing yourself to others.

    Try to stop comparing. If you were in a room of people like you what would you want to tell them?

    It is not nothing to have made it this far. It is not nothing to have survived whatever struggles you have 

    If you do things differently, perhaps it is not wrong really.

    Look at some art. Picasso didn't paint like others. There are other examples of different thinking being a strength. 

    What moves you may move others.

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