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What to do When You Feel Hopeless and Helpless

Andy
April 5, 2020

Hopelessness and helplessness are possibly the two biggest roadblocks to your success – the two things that fuck you up the most. They’re both insidious too, in that they sit under the surface, in your subconscious, without you necessarily realising. They sabotage your success – it’s really bloody hard to make changes and work towards success if you think nothing you do will ever really work and nothing really matters.

Hopelessness/helplessness goes beyond depression – it’s far more insidious. Hopelessness isn’t just “I don’t think this will work” – it’s deeper than that. It’s a completely overwhelming knowledge that this won’t work – often expressed with “Never” and “Always” statements. “I’ll never be successful”. “I will always be a loser”. Like you’re 100% adamant it’s true; like your failure is already guaranteed before you’ve even tried.

If you believe you’ll always be a failure, & you’ll never be successful, then you’re going to self-sabotage yourself. You’ll think “I’m destined to be a failure, so I may as well hurry up and fail so I can get it over and done with.” You’ll get in your own way, and you won’t fully follow-through with the advice I/others give you. You won’t fully commit to taking action; instead just half-assing everything because deep down you’re convinced it won’t really work… so why even bother?

If you’re feeling hopeless, convinced you can’t I want you to make your way through these questions, and answer them. Either write it all down on a big piece of paper, or on your computer, or if you’re feeling brave – post them in the comments below and I’ll help you.

  • Why does Andy (and other successful players) deserve to get laid a lot, but not me? Why am I special?
  • Andy was a total loser at the start, so if he can get laid a lot, why can’t I?
  • Am I just putting up bullshit excuses like these ones?
  • Why does Andy deserve to overcome his depression, but not me?
  • Why wouldn’t girls like me? Is there really something wrong with me? Can I improve that or work around it?
  • Do I want to feel helpless and hopeless? Does my hopelessness help or protect me in some way – am I getting something out of it? (Watch this podcast, it covers this topic in great detail and will blow your mind).
  • Do my flaws really mean no women will ever like me? Can I make up for my flaws by having some really strong, awesome strengths?
  • What attributes would a player have, that I don’t?
  • Can I work on getting those attributes?
  • Do I deserve to be miserable and unhappy? Why? Why do other people deserve to be happy, but not me?
  • Am I destined to be a failure for life, or can I change that?
  • Did the universe/God/whatever preordain me to be a failure? Does that have to be the case, or can I rise up and change the course of my own life?
  • The guys that are players – not all of them were players at the start [I – Andy – am a good example of this]. So they literally learned how to get laid a lot, learned how to improve themselves, learned how to lose fat, learned how to make friends, learned how to beat depression, learned how to overcome their negative thoughts… Can’t I just learn all those skills too, one by one?

And then before you read any further, I want you to watch this:

I too feel this insecurity, this hopelessness, and this helplessness sometimes – quite often, actually. A couple of years ago I worked my way through this “Approach Anxiety Program” (learning how to hit on girls in person during the day). It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done; going up to over 1,500 complete strangers and talking to them during the day, in the middle of my city with hundreds/thousands of people around. I was so damn proud of myself for getting through it, and I was finally ready to start hitting on girls and getting laid.

…Only, I didn’t hit on a single girl for the next 7 months. I just “couldn’t” do it – even after crushing that approach anxiety program, I still didn’t believe I’d ever actually get laid. I didn’t believe I “deserved” to be a player, or to fix my sex life, or to be a cool guy that girls actually liked. Good Looking Loser talks about this in detail in his great article, This Process Will Strip You Down and Force You To Confront Your Real Issues.

That Good Looking Loser article helped me immeasurably; I must have read it 50 times. I spent most of my time during those 7 months doing a whole heap of soul-searching; asking myself all the questions I wrote above. Questions like, “Why do other people deserve to get laid, but not me? Am I really that much of a fuckup? Why can’t I just go outside and talk to girls? Am I destined to be a failure for life, or can I change that?”

Digging deep and uncovering those answers too me a hell of a lot of time and effort. It was hard – becoming self-aware and self-knowledgeable always is. The thing that helped me most was posting about it on the GLL Forums every day; I used that place like a journal. I also talked to my mates about my fears and insecurities and my hopelessness. I read a tonne of self-help books (start with You Can’t Afford The Luxury Of A Negative Thought). I listened to as many motivational podcasts as I possibly could. I surrounded myself with as much positive material as I could – I was literally trying to brainwash myself into believing I could be successful.

You need to do the same – brainwash yourself into believing you can beat your hopelessness and become successful. Why the hell do you think my site motto is, If a loser like me can do it, you sure as hell can too. I’m literally trying to brainwash you into believing you can do the things I’ve done, so that you’ll go out and actually take actually and try.

And “try” is the key word – you just have to try. You don’t have to 100% believe you can be successful. I always have doubts – even to this day. By by taking tiny little baby steps towards your goal each day, you’ll eventually get there – just like I did.

It can be a long process – months, or years. Success never comes easily. But over the weeks if you just keep grinding, you’ll start noticing little positive changes; little signs that your efforts may be starting to work. You have to try to brainwash yourself into believing, “Maybe it’s possible I could be successful.”

If you believe you’ll be a failure, then you’re going to self-sabotage yourself. You’ll think “I’m destined to be a failure, so I may as well hurry up and fail so I can get it over and done with.” You’ll get in your own way, and you won’t fully follow-through with the advice I/others give you. You won’t fully commit to taking action; instead just half-assing everything because deep down you’re convinced it won’t really work.

I know its hard, but you have to rewrite the narrative that’s running in your head. You have to change it, even just a tiny tiny bit. When I didn’t think I could be successful, I just made a tiny tiny change to my thoughts: ” Ok, I’m probably going to be a failure. But there’s a 0.0001% chance I could be a success. There’s at least a TINY bit of hope. I’m probably going to be a failure, in fact it’s very likely, but maybe, just maybe, I might possibly be at least a tiny bit of a success. Maybe. Probably not. But maybe.”

And you have to hang on to that 0.0001% chance, grab it desperately and never let go. “Ok, I know I’m probably not going to be successful… But there’s still that 0.00001% chance. That’s still at least a possibility. So I’ll keep pushing forward, I’ll keep making progress, I’ll keep working on my goals just for that 0.00001% chance. I have a better chance of winning the lottery but fuck it, reaching my goals would be way better than winning the lottery. Ok, I’ll keep going.”

That 0.0001% has to be a flame you never let die out. A flame you keep burning. You have to always hang onto that hope, during your worst moments, during your moments of doubt (you’ll have millions of those). You have to hang onto that 0.00001% chance when you feel like quitting. “I can’t quit, or that 0.00001% chance will become a 0% chance. And then there’s no point to being alive.”

As long as you’re alive, as long as there’s a single breath in your body, there’s a 0.0001% chance you could succeed and build the life you’ve always wanted. 0.00001% is infinitely larger than 0%.

0.00001% isn’t going anywhere. You’ll always have that 0.00001% chance. Just never ever quit, and that flame will continue to burn.

I believe in you.


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Title What to do When You Feel Hopeless and Helpless
Author Andy
Date April 5, 2020 9:05 AM UTC (3 years ago)
Blog Kill Your Inner Loser
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