Why do I cry every time someone says something nice about me? It’s like people say all these positive things about me and I don’t believe them or I don’t have faith in myself?

I told my old coworker that I used to work with and supported his accounts (sales, helped him close deals) via LinkedIn who’s in his mid 30’s that I wanted to be a VP of Sales or Senior Sales Director for a tech company by the time I’m 35. I told him I wanted to be like him one day him and wanted to email him some questions on how he got there.

He gave me his email for me to ask him questions and told me “you will be there! I have no doubt!”

I can’t stop crying, wtf.