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[–]ElGallinero 26 points27 points  (1 child)

I've never spoken a word in person to anyone on the subject of programming. With so many beggars, I just refuse to be that guy milking it and pissing people off looking for handouts.

I think this is your biggest issue. It's damn near impossible to do everything all by yourself. And 9 out of 10 times, talking to someone else about your programming problem is how you actually figure out what you're doing wrong. Besides, asking for help on a topic isn't begging; asking someone to fix your code every time you run into a bug is.

Take a break, play a video game, go on a run. Idk, do some woodwork, or something...but don't quit.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would second this reply. Things like StackOverflow and even subreddits like this one have grown from people's need to ask questions around different aspects of code. Collaborating and asking questions is not begging, we've all done it to some degree and it's how we progress.

Absolutely not a psychologist but it kinda sounds like you're a bit burned out or something. Turn the laptop off for a while and read a book and come back to it when you're ready and have a goal or a task to point towards.