Why is it that everyone else seems to handle things so easily, but I have the hardest time with the simplest stuff sometimes?

Wow, the amount of times I said this to my myself when I was suffering so terribly with my anxiety. I would walk around a shopping centre and look at everybody walking around, shopping, laughing with their friends and just generally having a good time, not even a good time, just acting 'normal' while I was sat on a bench trying to focus on my breathing and having a panic attack. What I would always try and think to myself was, 'how many of these people are battling their own demons right now, and how many of these people are putting on a facade ... like me.' The answer I imagine was A LOT. You just don't realise what these people around you who look so happy are actually going through, and chances are, a lot of them are going through their own anxieties and break downs and depressions and worries and life altering decisions. I guess what I'm trying to say is, and I know it's easier said than done, but never think you are on your own. There are always people around you who are like you. People who are putting on a brave face, like you. Everyone has set backs, but it's what you decide to do to take the next step forward :)

There are multiple potential reasons to your issue. You could be depressed yet unaware about it. People who are depressed find it more difficult to get up and do simple things. Perhaps you are highly perfectionistic, and you expect yourself to do everything in a perfect way. Simple tasks can therefore appear overwhelming, and so it makes sense you struggle to complete simple things. Perhaps you have many things to do in the day, and your to-do list overwhelms you to the point where you feel you cannot complete them, so you give up doing simple things. Perhaps you find the simple stuff boring and not worth doing. Maybe you have issues with executive functioning, which is a deficit shared in individuals with certain diagnoses such as ADHD and autism. It is difficult to pinpoint which reason(s) apply to you since I do not know you or your situation fully, but perhaps you can see how well these reasons apply to you.

Sometimes we assume that other people are handling things more easily than they actually are. We rarely present our struggles to others, so it usually appears like things are going much better for people than reality. We all have our struggles, so maybe you do something easily that they struggle with.

You can't compare how difficult things are amongst different people. Anxiety, depression, and even the personal hardships that trouble you but don't technically make you mentally ill, are just the same as anything else. For example, some people can play musical instruments, but they might suck at math. Maybe learning a new language is easy for you, but you can't run as fast as your peers. "Handling things" isn't easy for everyone, so don't feel bad about it! :)

Everyone else "seems" to handle things easily, but no one knows what is happening on the inside. Maybe these people are going through a very hard time and are putting on a brave face. Trying to communicate with others will make you feel less alone, and if someone feels the same, they'll feel less alone too. Hope this helped !

Everyone handles things differently, and sometimes, things aren't as easy as understand for us as they are for others. It isn't something to worry about as long as you're getting the help you need from parents or teachers. If there's bullying about this, then tell your parents or teacher and it'll (hopefully) be sorted out! This really isn't something to worry about as once again, everyone grows and develops at different rates. You can always come to 7 Cups of Tea for support, nonetheless. I hope this helped you in some way!

Other people don't really handle it easily, they just try not to show that they're scared. They probably see you just how you see them.

Stress, stressing over it won't work, thinking positively about something is going to have a great effect on you

Everyone is at a different stage in their lives, some are ahead and some are behind. Some are well in the middle where it fluctuates. Always know that no one is competitively stronger or weaker than you when it comes to YOU.

That's not true we are all struggling. No matter who it is in live everyone has some type of issue they are dealing with no matter what it looks like on the outside. Its just that we cant see their problems but we have to deal with ours.