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This is what therapists have told me, but when my mind totally blanks when asked a question in a meeting, or when I can't vocalize a coherent thought without stumbling over myself, or when I have to read a paragraph 20 times over for the information to stick, I have a hard time believing it's just a negative self-perception.

Appreciate your advice, but this is generally what I've done in the past year, save for a few gigs, and it has only worsened my mental health due to the lack of structure, stimulation, and engagement that having work and colleagues usually brought.

Agreed on mind and body as one. I'm working to address physical health, but it often feels my brain has been irreparably damaged over the course of 2 decades to where no amount of physical health will rewire the necessary circuits to achieve normal function.

This is a tired and often parroted talking point used to dismiss literal hours of continuous footage of execs rambling on and on about enacting their political agendas in the workplace.

There are many people who support Elon and the policies he intends to enact. And if you don’t believe that’s the case, then I’d encourage you to have more conversations with people who don’t align with your views. I’m fairly confident he’ll have no shortage of talent willing to help implement his vision.

Thankfully, I've got a bit of runway to figure things out.

My ultimate goal is to be an entrepreneur by way of product building. But I'm beginning to question if I'm fundamentally not wired for it.

I can't code, unfortunately.

My goal from the very start has been to be a self-starting product builder. I worry it's too late at this point as I don't know who'll take me under their wing at this age.

I appreciate your positive framing.

I definitely do have hidden or not-so-hidden strengths, but they are all fairly abstract and rooted in emotionality. For example, I've often been told I have a strong ability to empathize, to understand the emotional journey of a UX, identify moments of friction & delight.

But I lack the structure to self-catalyze. I've tried for a year now to build something on my own and inevitably flounder due to an ignorant and scatterbrained approach to priorities, process, decision-making, etc, despite attempts to self-teach.

Thanks for the guidance. As an alternative to PMP / Scrum certification, would it be worth looking at Product Management courses directly? Would I be making too big a leap in skill development?