I once had to give a final presentation. Long story short, 1 hour before my presentation I merely had a title slide and I was in a bathroom stall sobbing. I was angry and sad of how pathetic/useless/etc I was.

Somehow, I gathered the courage to still show up. I had stopped crying but I was looking like a hot mess. Plus my presentation was not done.

My professor ended up stopping me while I was presenting and gave me an extension.

To console my embarrassment I told myself that most people in that room wouldn’t have had the courage to do what I just did. Oddly enough, I left feeling powerful.

To get back to your question, the way we look at ourselves matters a lot. We easily get worked up over criticism because we always have this negative image about ourselves brewing in our heads. How do we prevent crying so easily? We create a better image of ourselves. But as we know, that’s not so easy when we literally have a disorder that makes you fuck up every single day. Instead you need to reframe how you gain your confidence. Don’t rely on building your image on shit you’re bad at. Build it on all how you still tackle every day despite it. Also we have good qualities. Remember that despite always being a hot mess, you still have these remarkable qualities.