To be honest... As an introverted teen, it was a way for me to interact with and gain the admiration of those I couldn't talk to in person. I've been doing it so long now I fear the emptiness of quitting.

Drew, many years ago I informed my music teacher that I was going to start giving private lessons at a local music store. One of things he told me, " you're going to get a student that you know will never be a guitarist and you must never tell them".
 
Even though there are so many things in life to enjoy I think many people miss their calling simply because it's hard to get experience with them all.
I could be a natural at something and just not know it.
 
I guess because I think that way I've never had a problem with "moving along" even when I was loving doing something that I knew was just a struggle. Costing me time and money for frustrations and aggravations.
 
An example for you that many here know is true-
I became frustrated with recording because the computers and software weren't aligned to perform (although that has changed now) and that was topped off with changes...all the time something would change...drivers, OS, updates etc. and new problems to the point that I couldn't record because I'd get so pissed I'd just throw the computer in the trash for relief.
So...I found something else to do. I spent months reading and learning about building guitars. Built one with minimum tools to get my feet wet and see if swimming might be possible. The results amazed me so I invested more money than building would ever return for a new found "love".
Of course I continued to deal with recording but it was much easier...time helped level the playing field with the processing power and programs and things started to work without pulling teeth to get something done.
 
You don't have to stop trying but I think it's good to have a wide playing field full of possibilities.
Not sure if these words are good ones for you but...morning coffee and no reason not to offer them to you.

Thanks. The more I think about all this, the more I think I probably should move on. I used to enjoy listening to music, but once I started playing, it became work.

Just popped in to say thanks to Serenarules and Spacey for their posts above.  I think others who usually remain silent and wonder if there's something wrong with themselves will get a lot out of hearing that others are in a similar boat.  I love listening to music, but often find myself being too left brained and turning music creation into a logic exercise.  This can create the same situation that Serenarules mentioned.  But, other times, I can really get into something I'm playing though I seriously lack the ability to translate it to the fingers.  That said, sometimes I play back some small portion of what I recorded and wonder "How the hell did I do that???"  LOL.  Of course, I mainly play for myself and actually don't like it when people say "Play something for us!"  Unless I have everything planned out (or start day dreaming while continuing to play), things just don't work for me.

That's it exactly. When I try to right brain things, I come up blank.

 
 
Try mixing it up a bit. Mash different genres together and see what you come up with.
 
For instance, here's some 'progressive punk':
 

If there was a style of music that I wanted to sound like, I would start listening to that band/artist/style all of the time; let it become programmed in the brain.  
 
I would probably take some time away from music to let my head recharge itself.  Maybe a couple of weeks or a month.  Come back fresh.  Drink a glass of wine and let the inner creativity come out.  What comes out is probably going to be your style, but not exactly what you wish it to be.  Embrace your style.  Look for the things that seem to work, in your style and play off of those things.  A lot of our influences have developed over a life time.  We still each sound unique, however.  
 
Collaborations are another thing you can do, to change your sound.  Work with someone/ people who has/have similar tastes, but a different sound or writing style.  It pushes you to perform.  You naturally sound different, when mixed with other band mates.  

You're welcome Craig and Drew.
 
It's a good thing about the forum -getting many different aspects.
 
The best thing that ever happened to me was putting music on a side-burner in 1986. I began playing guitar again for the same reason I started...just love holding and playing a guitar. Nice not to have unobtainable goals to disrupt it.
 
Hindsight shows me that I could have done it sooner and there would have been other major benefits.
It simply worked out that there are many things I enjoy doing and studying until I become very proficient at. Makes it easy to discard the ones that "don't fit" for any reason. I don't waste my time trying to fix problems with things I don't understand or know that I can't. To easy to move along and enjoy something new and to put myself to the test and see how good I can get with it.
 
State of mind can be very hard to deal with. Nice to have different thoughts to weight.
 
 
 

I'm not sure if changing genres would make much difference. I am just too burned out. I'm going to take a few months off and see what happens.