Ask HN: How do you handle your mental lows?
I&#x27;ve been working on a project of mine. I even have a small number of users that care about the product. Yet from time to time I fall into the feeling that everything I&#x27;m doing is worthless, extreme self-doubt and feeling that while others are moving ahead with their lives I&#x27;m just stuck and useless.<p>It usually lasts 1-3 days making me unable to be productive. It used to be worse and last week(s). What I learned is to remember how these lows feel. Nowadays I know that &quot;It&#x27;s just another one of those, it shall pass&quot;. 
I also try to get very analytical when it hits and find out why do I feel like that.<p>I have a few questions.<p>(1) Is this normal? If I take a look at, let&#x27;s say famous, entrepreneurs on Twitter, for example, most of them seem to know what to do and seem to be very pragmatic. Whereas I just often feel completely lost and I feel like I&#x27;m throwing my life away and not being good enough.
But the things is I love this! I love the whole process of creating new things and figuring them out. I can&#x27;t imagine myself doing anything else. It&#x27;s just these lows that I don&#x27;t know how to handle.<p>(2) If you experience similar feelings do you have any tips on how to handle them?