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Listening to my kids doctor talk to him today about some things. About my son telling everyone he is dumb. Hes almsot 15 and hes having a hard time at school. Anyway he kept saying hes stupid hes dumb. And the doctor is trying to explain there is a difference between an unwilling to learn, or an inability to move past something. At some point you get behind in school, then get sick, or miss a day, and get farther behind. And in the end you just throw your hands up and give up and be all… im just too stupid to learn.
And i get it. Because thats how i feel about a lot of things in life. Not that im stupid or dumb. But that im unable to do something because i cant keep up with it. Work. Housekepeing ect. I get the wanting to give up. because i feel like that all the time. I just want to stop and give up all the time. I dont understand why i cant get ahead some times, But then of course why would I. Im overwhelmed and cant even try. Wh