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I can identify with this, ST. Not sure I can offer very much good advice here, being in the mire myself, but perhaps this might aid you. Find something to be proud of. Not something you're the best at. Not some place where you are the final word. Just something that you put a great deal of effort into. For me, it's my sense of honor. I do my very best to hold myself to my word. I do my best to only promise what I can deliver, then do by utmost to hold myself to that. It's not much, but it's something. Think of yourself as a brand name you're trying to improve. There are troubles, there are difficulties, but even if it's not a brand you're fond of right now, work on building it into something you are fond of. Just one tiny thing to be proud of helps immensely, provides an anchor point in the storm of "SO many things I need to fix!"
Being there myself, I realize how difficult this can be, especially when one's first instinct is to see everything that's wrong rather than any tiny thing that could be right. If you need to gab, to vent to someone who has no bearing on your life, but will understand, I'm around. Feel free to note me.
I second this, as I have been through the same thing myself, and I found comfort in the same solution. I still have trouble sometimes, but I have improved leaps and bounds from where I was before.