Am I taking this the wrong way?

💁‍♀️ seeking advice / support / information

I am starting a new job tomorrow. I have been assigned training online, and most of the tests are stupidly easy. But some are not entirely and a bit more technical. I told my aunt that I am still getting 80s or 90s on the tests without watching the training videos. She has been trying to encourage and help me over the month since I was fired from my serving job (my new job is unrelated) to put my best foot forward for this new job. She said that they are going to be focusing more on the person getting 100s on the tests and that I should be striving for that, and will wonder why I’m getting 80s or 90s considering the tests aren’t hard.

Idk, maybe it’s because I’ve been depressed lately and when I’m depressed I feel stupid despite others telling me how smart I am. To me, still getting 80s or 90s without watching any of the videos made me feel kinda confident, felt like a small “win.” But hearing her say this made me feel kinda shitty and dumb and wonder why I’m not getting 100s of I’m really intelligent like people say.

I do have RSD. Am I taking it the wrong way because I’m so insecure or would this make you feel kinda shitty also?

Posted Jun 8, 2026, 4:35 PM UTC

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