Poll of the Day > Who else here has had their dreams cascade around them?

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I wanted to be an actor but during the auditions I was told bluntly that I was too ugly and untalented.

Then I wanted to be a game designer but I was told I started too late and have too low an IQ by my therapist.

Finally I wanted to be an artist but I lack the understanding of art.

now I just want to be left alone and work till I die doing a dead end job. That is achievable

Have you seen Buschemy? Being ugly doesn't stop actors. And acting is easy, just be human.
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Sycophant posted...

I wanted to be an actor but during the auditions I was told bluntly that I was too ugly and untalented.

Then I wanted to be a game designer but I was told I started too late and have too low an IQ by my therapist.

Finally I wanted to be an artist but I lack the understanding of art.

now I just want to be left alone and work till I die doing a dead end job. That is achievable

Alot of 'ugly' (that's subjective, IMO) 'fat' people get acting work...unless you had dreams of being a Leading Man (like Chris Evans, Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise)

As far as Game Design, I'm currently in that boat as I speak and despite being in my 40s, hope to get funding for my games/art/etc

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Have you seen Buschemy? Being ugly doesn't stop actors. And acting is easy, just be human.

Idk, he isnt that ugly. I mean I was told to stay away by the casting director that I couldnt be an extra even.

Im able to draw my dreams into my waking life I have found

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Yeah unfortunately, this year specifically has been very harsh. In 2017 I was convicted of a felony, 2020 I completed probation but job / housing has been problematic. 2021 my wife fell very ill, my father died, lost my house, job, and now my wife is done with our marriage.. so yeah I can relate

Life is about just enjoying those things you profess to enjoy. I enjoy playing music. I thought I might be some big star at some point, but that does not matter and is not relevant to whether or not I enjoy playing music.

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Also, if you have a therapist that uses IQ as a measure, get a new therapist.

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What kind of shitty therapist?...

Go find a C# tutorial right now. Your therapist doesn't know the first thing about game development. He's paid to be people's friends, that's his skill level.

Or am I "taking an obvious troll too seriously" again @Mead

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Yellow posted...

What kind of shitty therapist?...

Go find a C# tutorial right now. Your therapist doesn't know the first thing about game development. He's paid to be people's friends, that's his skill level.

Or am I "taking an obvious troll too seriously" again @Mead

Its cool, I probably honestly lack the intelligence and work ethic. My gpa was what was considered. I have never been a hard worker or smart.

as for the acting I dont want to be part of a toxic work environment or force myself on people if I am not charismatic.

my current dream is to be a writer. I feel as if I can study what I have a mediocre grasp of (my native tongue English) and get better at syntax I might be able to entertain people while working a regular job.

I want to be a parent, settle down and have a good job to support that lifestyle. However I lack and seemingly always have lacked qualities to make that dream a reality. Does that count?

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Why was I tagged

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My dreams have always been cascading and still do. That's why I've long given up hoping and dreaming. I've long resigned to the fact that I'm a defect, never meant for this world.

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After checking what the cascade windows option does on my computer... No, my dreams have never done that.

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Sycophant posted...

Its cool, I probably honestly lack the intelligence and work ethic. My gpa was what was considered. I have never been a hard worker or smart.

If you can use proper punctuation that officially puts you above average in my book, so I still don't get why you can't learn that.

My GPA was also pretty bad and I just learned 8 languages because I was bored. I am also lazy as fuck.

My point is that your therapist doesn't know how hard it is to make games so you should not listen to him.

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My therapist says I am like a turtle. I still live with my parents at 28. I will admit that I still struggle to use commas properly, making run on sentences, and with my vocabulary. I sometimes on the quest to use big words like dilapidated will use them out of context and I just hope as I expand my vocabulary that I can keep my ability to use vernacular.

The person who tested my IQ was disappointed in me. She said this other schizophrenic person had a very high IQ and when I inquired my IQ she said it was around average-a little above average like a 116 I think she said. She doubted that I had schizophrenia because how well I was doing. I doubt I have it too but I just keep taking the meds to make my parents happy.

I guess after the movie A Beautiful Mind everyone thinks schizophrenics are all brooding geniuses. The nicest thing the IQ tester said to me was that when seeing patterns I got the one that most people find one of the hardest and she was surprised that I found that one easy. I could not understand one of the tests she gave me where I had to match similar cards or something and utterly failed that.

I know IQ isnt everything but its such a weird test. Especially clicking on a computer as part of the test.

Oh and I have autism (I dont doubt that). I just feel in diagnosing me that my therapist was a quack for telling me I was schizophrenic. I think a lot of psychology is just guess work. The first guy I was with told me to go to bars and meet people and said I was a schizoid (not schizophrenic). I dont drink alcohol though.

What have you all been diagnosed with if you have ever been to therapy?

I got acting gigs by no merit of my own. My sjogrens causes me to look distressed anytime I get dramatic. That's one positive I guess.

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fishy071 posted...

My dreams have always been cascading and still do. That's why I've long given up hoping and dreaming. I've long resigned to the fact that I'm a defect, never meant for this world.

Why what happened?