I might be the most dysfunctional person on the planet

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I'd have to agree with the poster immediately preceding my post.

There are bigger fish to fry.

I bet you're doing really good in more important things. Next time, just type in the right code.

This is something that goes way beyond a vending machine incident.

That was probably just the latest thing that triggered the OP to post.

The umpteenth time something like that has happened.

It is a neurology issue. Being very careful, taking my time, going over it in my head to make sure I proceed correctly, and then screwing up anyways. Time after time.

Like on my video game earlier. I wanted to change the name of a pet. Simple command: /cpet rename ______. I had to enter it several times before it came out right. Sounds like a silly little trifle, but that kind of thing happening all the time adds up to a lot of despair.

I can not believe some of the jeering scathing remarks in this thread.

I skimmed over them at first because they were so wordy.

If that is a common occurrence here, I am surprised WP is not even more dead than it is.

Someone told me recently: "On WP there are a fair number of people with significant psychological issues (sensu lato) that go beyond beyond autism, and that bleeds out into everything else."

This is probably why I do not talk about my problems much here. I have probably subconsciously come to realize I will regret it.

I'm not like that. I hope my comment wasn't "scathing."

I've felt that way. I screw up in ways similar to how many people with autism screw up.

I just feel the OP has to realize that he's a viable person, and just because he screws up once in a while doesn't change that.

I'm afraid of vending machines, automatic car washes, or anything where I can push buttons wrong and screw up.

I have a lot of empathy for the OP.

It becomes embarrassing and stressful when you try really hard and still make mistakes.

I make mistakes all the time. I embarrass myself on a regular basis.

Even in a library----a place where I really don't want to embarrass myself.

I eff up on the self-scan, too...

Alas I screwed up. My last post was a response to another thread.

I tend to screw up my order when I use the vending machines at my uni, so I am sometimes a bit anxious about it which probably doesn't help with the issue.
However, when I was in Japan I loved using the vending machines! I think part of it was because I felt less pressure to get it right - I know it is weird but as a foreigner I felt it is okay to mess up, people wouldn't think I am a failure, they would just think I am a foreigner who doesn't understand the language/how things work here.

Maybe this is a mindset I should adopt in general - I am a foreigner at a place where things are not in my language/not designed in a way that for me would be easy to use. So it is okay to mess up sometimes.