How DARE He!!??

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Wow, I didn't expect a response this quickly.

But yes, maybe you are right. I mean, look at Edison: he failed like a thousand times when trying to invent the electric light bulb, but his attitude was "I didn't fail 1000 times, I just learned 1000 ways how *not* to make a light bulb." This came from a man who was suspected to have Asperger's like you and me! So if he could accept his fallacies, why can't I? Some of the best things we have today came as a result of mistakes; penicillin, fireworks, microwave ovens, the Slinky and even potato chips (though that last one was invented more in a fit of anger).

But anyway, my point is that I'll make an effort not to be so hard on myself in future when I mess up. ^_^

Last edited by Usagi1992 on 24 Mar 2011, 10:14 am, edited 1 time in total.

I probably lean more towards your side on the question. I think you should feel very bad about your failures. Which doesn't mean you shouldn't keep trying, but I think less of people who don't feel worse about the themselves because of their failures. It means they are insulating their emotional selves from the reality of life.

That doesn't mean that I think you necessarily have to feel bad to get better, or that I haven't seen (and experienced) that it can be counter-productive, but I think being your own harshest and most punitive judge is independently worth something in and of itself

yeah i'm a quick responder.
i have too many tabs open at once.

good for you.
i'll try and take that advice myself i think!
^.^