Opposite in Everything?

Question

I am 22 years old. All my life, a lot of things I do display complete opposites, meaning I can be extremely good at something or extremely bad. For example, when I bowled once I got 6 strikes in a row, and then I got 4 gutter balls in a row. When I played baseball, I can get home runs and then strike out. When I take test, I can do extraordinarily well on them or extraordinarily poor on them. When I took an IQ test at school, they said they couldn't measure it because it was very high and low. Even with certain everyday things, I do this: some nights I sleep 8 or 9 hours and some nights I sleep 2 or 3 hours. I can sometimes be very good at socializing and then I can be horrible. Its always been like this in everything. Why am I like this? Is there something wrong with me. I had a normal childhood and I am in graduate school now, so it didn't effect my ability to function.

Answer 1

What I find really helpful to have a relaxed stress and anxiety free day is to drink a good quantity of alcohol. Have a few good swigs in the morning, take a hip flask with you when you go out, or go to work, and then get stuck into the booze in the late afternoon. It really gives you a good nights sleep and when you wake up feeling a bit fuzzy the next morning a few good swigs will set you up for another good stress free day. I’m having a ball and doing really well with my studies at Uni and part time work

Answer 2

just stop thinking about it.

Answer 3

Honestly I think that a lot of people are just like you. No one is great all the time, and no one does poorly at everything. Everyone is varied. I think that you are merely intelligent and perceptive to be aware of your own inconsistencies. As far as the IQ test goes, the proctors obviously did not know what they were doing. If you're curious about that, you ought to take an online IQ test from a reputable site. That might assuage your concerns about sliding from one extreme to the other.

Just remember that in school there are a broad range of subjects, so you may do very well in one class and very poorly in another. There are also going to be days when you're feeling well and test well, or days when you're not focused and perhaps didn't study very much.

I am the exact same as you when it comes to bowling, simply because I am not a professional. I don't bowl with any technique or skill, so it comes down to pure luck for me.

And even the very best of the best baseball players strike out, drop a ball, and hit one out of the park in the same game...

So, I guess what I'm saying is, you're worrying too much, and you're just noticing inconsistencies that are normal in every person.

If you want more consistency in something you just have to work hard at that particular thing. If you want to always score high on a chemistry exam, for example, you have to study very hard and learn under which circumstances you perform best on an exam.

Good Luck. Hope this helps!