Dude, as a person twice your age (his name is - I could be your father) I will tell you the following: - the share of depression and suicide among psychologists and therapists in general worldwide is one of the leading among all others professions. Taking on other people's problems, pain and hopelessness is a serious test for the psyche and it is not easy at all, especially for people with a more unstable or not yet strengthened psyche. So be very careful with these activities! Your goal is to live your life to the fullest. Eventually to create and raise a generation. And if after all this you are left with an unnecessary resource - only then you can dedicate it to others ...; - you do not lack self-confidence about your intellectual and therapeutic abilities, BUT is it covered? Considering the problem you describe - HARDLY! Here are just a few of the inconsistencies I notice at first glance: you "give advice" to your friends, acting out theoretical scenarios in your head, they "follow" them and succeed, but in fact - they neither follow your advice verbatim, nor succeed because of your ingenious penetration. What you are actually giving them is MORAL / SPIRITUAL SUPPORT, CONFIDENCE that they will do it, and nothing else! In practice, they have MORE practical experience than you, because they are not afraid to try and make mistakes, they accumulate it imperceptibly and without claiming to be very knowledgeable and capable in the field. They actually apply their experience in practical situations, but supported by the confidence and self-confidence you give them. How else would you explain that you are a "sexologist" to your friends, since you yourself are a virgin? My colleagues and I have exactly one such oxymoronic joke: "virgin sexologist" - ie. a man who has no practical experience in a given field, but on the other hand, in theory and in fairy tales, listening to him, you will say that he invented this field ... until the first practical situation in which it turns out that all his theories and wise thoughts go to hell ... - as mentioned in the previous "point" - study things IN PRACTICE - trying and making mistakes, stumbling and getting up, and only then, already on the basis of this PERSONAL practical experience, extract the theoretical principles! You will be amazed at how different the practice can be from your initial ideas about things! More action - less talk! Otherwise, you will quickly exhaust your positivism towards life and what do we do next? ... Don't be an omniscient and wooden philosopher! There is a saying: "I know that I know nothing, but others do not know that either ..." (attributed to Plato, Socrates, etc.) - it is very true by the way! No matter how profound your knowledge is in a given field, no matter how PRACTICALLY supported it is, never live with the great confidence that you know and everything is clear to you! Maybe after decades of comfortable existence with the self-confidence that everything on a given topic is clear to you, a tiny "stone" from a new practical experience or information will appear, which "will turn your cart over"! Over time, one learns that such "stones" are the rule rather than the exception, so his "supreme knowledge" is nothing but some temporary and unenviable level on the way to the Absolute ... This is basically. Overcome your inhibitions and your fear of rejection! Overcome the illusion that you know and you understand everything! Grab the ass of the first girl in front of your eyes, and no matter how inappropriate it seems to you, start BUILDING something with him (relationship) - give your best! Even if you don't succeed from your first attempt in your endeavor, and if you don't hit the jackpot out of volley, this will bring you invaluable PRACTICAL experience and knowledge ... IT WILL HURT, but every time it will be easier and you will paint less . In time, despite your real practical progress in the field, you will stop giving a lot of advice, because you will understand how relative and individual everything is, how times change and the people in them - too. You will begin to derive much deeper and more fundamental principles from Being ... Remember in the future - is there such a "illogical" somewhere discrepancy between theory, self-confidence and practical results - it is necessary to completely reconsider the situation - to break with some illusions, to take a few decisive steps exactly in the direction that you consider the most difficult and downright impossible. And DON'T THINK IT VERY MUCH, don't theorize it! Whatever thoughts you put in - THE FLAME OF MONEY !, but one cannot fully realize it until one tries it personally ... nor can one understand the true dimensions of scalding - how painful it can be, how long lasting and unpleasant the consequences of him ... this cannot be understood without practice. Otherwise, you can "send" many people to mate, or "teach" them how not to mate, without even realizing what you are actually doing, and without this "knowledge"
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I'm the same brother, but I know that all this waiting will pay off;)