Self confidence and insecurities have worsened

[u/Sensitive-Vast-4979]

So i used to be relatively confident , couldn't talk to girls still but I've improved on that but for most of my subjects I'm struggling with confidence, I used to be in the second set (the class based on your intelligence) and I was in the top 3 smartest in the class and now thst I've been moved up to top set now I'm one of the dumbest and it makes me feel self conscious about my intelligence.

Also I feel as if I'm ugly and annoying based off what 1 or 2 people have said but how some act as well .

[u/RNG-Leddi]

Intelligence is no more a source of confidence than beauty is, it wouldn't matter if you were Elmer Fud providing you not only accept who you are but that you always work from that position.

The situation is never hopeless, we simply project hopelessness into a situation in order to learn something about ourselves. For one we never fail because we can only ever achieve a thing and lose sight of a thing which is more a test of resolve, falling from a mountain doesn't erase the fact that its erected by experience alone. If you think about it there's no better way to grasp the dimensions of self then to fall from the height of experience where later we leap, it's what unifies the unstoppable force with the immovable object.