Seeing people navigate life so easily and naturally is making me jealous

[Parnate]

I had gone to my hometown and travelling back to my city of work . I am carpooling with this guy who is younger than me. It's his car. Even though is younger he is so much ahead in life , not just financially but otherwise. The way he talks, behaves etc. he seems so much in control of life and himself . I have been telling myself that he doesn't have the challenges I do etc to make myself feel better but deep down I am so insecure and sad. Hope this journey ends soon.

 

[unluckysadness]

i have exactly the same feeling. i struggled all my life with a lot of things and i don't understand "normal" people. i feel like an alien since i was a kid. i think i have autistic spectrum disorder but tests are too expensive

 

[EvisceratedJester]

The thing is, plenty of people are really good at giving off the impression that they have their shit together, but that doesn't make that the case. Unless you are him, you don't know how much control he truly feels he has over his life and himself. Most people struggle and have trouble navigating through life. It is just that some people are just better at hiding it than others.

 

[SomewhereAlongThe]

I feel that way with everyone around me. Especially in the chat, it just seems like everyone has their life together and they know how to navigate it when ironically it's a suicide chat. I know what holds me back is my autistic troubles with socializing, I never have anything to say really, but it's still a struggle that makes me feel small and insecure. Everyday I wake up only to stay in bed all day again, soon this will be over.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Sometimes I've felt the same way but then, talking to those people, I've realised they had similar insecurities to me. Not to belittle what you feel. Maybe he has got his shit together. Some people are very good at coming across confident and accomplished though when truly, they're scared too.