do you sometimes feel inadequate?
By weemam
@weemam (13372)
February 17, 2007 12:33pm CST
I am not a silly person, I can drive I can sew I can knit, I can cook and bake and I think ( and I have been told ) I am a good mother and grandmother, yet when my family are all together and the start to discuss politics or laws or pylons being put up across Scotland,I feel so at a loss because I don't know enough about them ( to be honest I am not really too interested )to really add to the discussion, are there a lot of people like me who are not really interested in politics or am I in the minority, xx
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@Fishish (696)
• India
17 Feb 07
i dont think it is important to know all. no one is perfect and no one is perfect. i too have talents unique to me and am the least interested in politics or geography or cooking. i often come across people who know so much about so many things, there are some who know each and every breed of dogs and the names of all the flowers. i can not think of more than 2 breeds of dogs that i know of or more than five flower varieties. but i know that it will not make any big difference in my life even if i knew these things. i believe in tiring the mind to the least. i keep track of my hobbies and that keeps me satisfied. no one is going to pat my back if i know who is the chief minister of every state.i keep life simple and basic...
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
18 Feb 07
Yes sometimes, I feel inadequant, I can do a lot as well but there are times when I feel like this when I am with my youngest daughter as she uses term in english that I do not understand what she is talking about and have to ask her to explain, but as far as my daily things that I do, I can sew, knit, crocher, and cook,. I have always tried to be a good mother and grandmother to my family. I never used to be into politics but over the last couple of years I have been very involved and intersted in know what is going on in my country and to listen to their views and also to particpate in conversations about politics.
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@CatEyes (2448)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I don't like politics, but it seem as if every one around me does, and lo and behold I always have the odd opinion. They don't like it when I get involved in their discussion because I make them think instead of just repeating what others have said or what the new says, I make them question what they are saying. Most of the time they see my point of view and it is funny when I hear them telling others about it and it just starts a wild fire in them, but at least I made them think about what they were saying before it came out of their mouths. Don't think like a copy cat or a zombie, GOD gave you a mind so use it. It sounds like you do the same too. You are a very intelligent person.
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@monkeywriter (2004)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I always feel like I have failed. I feel like I failed when I didnt finish a book idea, when I didnt get a job after college and still dont, when I still dont have my license.
I am trying to take my failures and make them my success like my poetry, books, and eventually internship to lead to a job. I dont want to be like my dad constantly giving up cause I feel like I failed! :(
@xfallenxlostx (2074)
• United States
18 Feb 07
i feel inadequate all the time, but about completely different things than you do. i pretty much feel like i "suck at life."
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 07
A lot of the time my friend, the fact that I can't speak a second language, cannot play an instrument, cannot fix a car, cannot put flatpacks up or not into DIY, cannot cook and cannot iron, boy I do feel very inadequate, it is hard to be positive some times and because of my depression I focus more on the negative, I do tend to be very pessimistic about life. I also hate politics with a passion.
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@raveemenon (1071)
• India
18 Feb 07
Nobody can be a walking encyclopedia. Similarly one need not be interested in everything that others may discuss.we have our own priorities and interests and we would be quite comfortable with them. We need not feel inadequate, since every one would feel the same way for some or other topics. I had a strange habit of feeling apologetic for silly incidents during my child hood until one elderly person told me the truth that one need not be apolegetic since the other person also need to think the same way.
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@mobyfriend (1017)
• Netherlands
18 Feb 07
I'm eaxtly the opposite of you. I'm not a very good cook and baker, can't drive a car or very handy with tools. But I can talk about stuff. What boils down to is that you don't need to feel inadequate. Maybe one of your family members is not good in the things you are good in.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Feb 07
I don't really feel inadequate but I do feel like I cannot achieve each day what I set out to do. Sometimes it is very frustrating. I try to earn online every day, not only with mylot. I have household chores and bills to do every day. I am a wife and also a mother too. I am only a little bit interested in politics and can only discuss some of them a little bit. I just figure I need to know or learn whatever gets me and my family through daily life and it seems to be working pretty well.
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@super1880 (116)
• United States
17 Feb 07
You are not silly for not being interested in politics because everyone knows that politicians are full of you know what anyway. A lot of people all around the world are not interested in politics either. Politicians are not for the people they are nothing but hand puppets for the powers that be anyway they only do what they are told.
@amiwhoiam (23)
• India
18 Feb 07
yes as humans we all are inadequate even if don't feel or do feel adequate or not..We can't not become a all rounder in our life..there would be for sure some things that we would or won't like in our lives..its normal and we should not feel sad about it...
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@patootie (3592)
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20 Feb 07
It's a good thing to have a bit of interest in everything .. but there are things I just can't get 'excited' over or really care much about .. but I am always ready to listen to other people when they are discussing topics I don't know much about .. you never know you may find yourself learning something new or even find that the topic is more interesting than you previously thought ...
I would never feel 'inadequate' just because I didn't know about something .. because no one is fully clued up on everything ..
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
17 Feb 07
No I never feel that and it is not a good thing it can make you overconfident at the wrong times. It also can make people think you are a "know-it-all. I like to keep up with all the news and know a little about a lot of things. Feeling inadequate is having low self esteem which you can also boost by listening, watching and learning.
@moonmagick (1458)
• United States
20 Feb 07
I truly am not really that interested in politics either. I think it has a lot to do with my upbringing. It was just something my parents never discussed, at least not in front of my sister and I. I keep an eye on the really important issues, but honestly I feel lost when my friends are discussing political issues, even though generally I feel like a pretty intelligent human being.
@ShadyGrove (996)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I am not very much in the know myself when it comes to politics. I am paying a little more attention right now as the candidates for the next presidential election are starting to come out of the woodwork! .....
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@sunmin0123 (106)
• China
18 Feb 07
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@ddlaurie (132)
• Canada
17 Feb 07
No I don't think that I am not into the political field either. There are alway somethings we just are not suppose to talk about handed down from our mom's grandma's they say don't talk about religion, politics. So normally people do not talk about thoses things. You sound like a well rounded person so you need not worry about being inadequate. I babysit for a living knit bake enjoy family get togethers to.
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