What's it like to have a positive self-image for those with said self-image? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Are you able to just kind of socialize and get involved in stuff without as many second thoughts? Or make and share stuff with less of an imposter syndrome or whatever you might call it when you're uncomfortable being associated with your work?

Or is it like so many things, where it kind of depends on how things are going that day?

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[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Not sure I understood this part. If I was uncomfortable with what I made, I wouldn’t share it. I’d try again until I had something worthwhile. Not perfect, but at least interesting.

To clarify, what I was trying to describe there was not being uncomfortable with what was made, just like...Having to be the one presenting/sharing it because of self-image/confidence issues. Sort of like you could be proud of an essay you wrote, but the moment someone asks you to read it for others or develop it into something more robust that might be published, you just want to totally disappear.

I wasn't really sure how to put it when I wrote the post awhile ago, but maybe this helps a little.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, so, you're confident in your work, but you don't want any attention on you personally? That I can sympathize with for sure, even though I'm a bit of an exhibitionist personally.

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Basically, yeah. Not really sure how much it's to do with self-image/confidence or what (maybe it's plain ol' social anxiety? 🤷‍♀️ ), hence that side of the question.

Imposter syndrome felt like the closest fit at the time, but it's definitely not an exact match.

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