i have no idea where to ask this question and if you know a better subreddit i could ask this please let me know. but anyways, i constantly feel as though i’m slow and a lost cause mentally since i lack a lot and i mean A LOT of knowledge to the point where even close friends in the past were shocked by my ignorance, a lot of it has to do with me being poorly homeschooled and not caring about learning things i wasn’t passionate about but even now i feel like i struggle retaining new information if i don’t absolutely love the topic, this causes me to come off “slow” most of the time. i heavily lack booksmarts. lately i care more about learning new things more than i ever did in my life and make an effort to learning, but as i said, i feel like i struggle to retain information, and i constantly have a nagging thought in my head saying “there is no hope for you. you’re wasting your time.” and i don’t know if its true or false.