Feeling awful

[frosty owl]

For some reason, even though I know it takes time to improve my art, I still feel like I’m supposed to do better, and I hate that I feel and think like that, honestly, I think I just hate myself in general, and I feel like people will judge me if I share these things, I don’t know why I was born this way, and the only reason I haven’t killed myself is because I have people that care about me, and if they weren’t there I probably would

[robust siren]

well, for the desire to always do better, and that people will judge you

that's just human, everybody feels those things

im an artist too, and i felt the same thing for a while, but i figured that it doesn't matter what other people think, and il do the best i can

[little palm]

Adding on to what @robust siren said, I suppose it’s really just dealing with those feelings correctly. If you can come to terms that you’ll never be the best but also realize you have room for improvement, you can harness that feeling to always strive to be the best. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be better, it’s just important that you also realize it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with who you are now, nor does it mean that you should be unsatisfied with anything less than being the best.

[robust siren]

exactly.

[frosty owl]

You know, I’m glad people here don’t judge me for this, because all it takes is one person to judge me and I’d probably never share this stuff again

[robust siren]

dw lad, everyone in this community is here to support you!