I know this community is perfectly fine and that this question is based on irrational fear, but how does one get past the anxiety of being judged for posting something and just post it??? Help ;;
Anon friendoā¦.You are asking to ME how to win your anxiety. My dude, I am a wreck of nerves and anxiety. I am a ball of irrational fears. Both in RL AND online. So, Im not a great help in that sense.
I can give you an adviceā¦Like the old lady I amā¦
The thing is: You did drawn/wrote/edited something? Is stuff made by you? Did you had fun in doing it? Would you like to do it again? You like to do it? If those things are all a check in your list, thenā¦..Just post it. Whatever will happen, will happen.
The worst thing that it could happen, is that people will not like/reblog it. In case, do not give up and continue to do whatever you like.
Think about this: you spent time, efforts and passion in doing that something. It worth a try, donāt you think? Posting stuff, also means doing practice and learning new things. This will help you to develop your art-style and your skills. More practice you do, better your next pic/fic/edit will be. (This increase your confidence too.) And this is a plus in my book.
There is only one thing you can do, Iām afraidā¦Which is, infact, trying. Scary, I knowā¦But is the only thing you can do.
Believe meā¦Iām telling this to you by personal experience.
Seriouslyā¦I try to be the happiest idiot I am on this blog, but Iām nervous every single time I post something. Chibi pics? Iām afraid they are too stupid or simpleā¦.Random pics? I always think they are too ugly/they look all the same. Iām afraid to be judged because my lack of skills or somethingā¦Comic pages? Oh, boyā¦Those are my nightmare. Iām always afraid they are too ugly. Iām generally afraid to be too old for all this kind of stuff and Iām afraid to be judged for thisā¦
But at the endā¦Hey! Iām having fun in doing it, soā¦Who cares? I wonāt stop to do what I like because somebody might judge me.
Just post it and whatever. Besidesā¦ Artists/writers/editors need quite a good amount of hours to do all that shit. Even weeks or months sometimesā¦So, letās just give a sense to all this āwaste of timeā. :)
I learned that I cannot stay too much time without drawing, anywayā¦I just love to draw. So, I will continue to do it even if people will judge meā¦
AND! By posting stuff on here, I learned that some people actually like my stuff.
Heck, sometimes big blogs reblogged/liked my shit too. I became friends with some artist I freakin admired! Some people told me that my pics inspired them to try themselves. TO ME! BECAUSE MY PICS! That was insane for me to hear! Nobody ever told me anything like that! It was the most flattering thing I heard in almost 33 years of life!
This, because I just did what I liked to do. And because I decided to post my pics online that day.
Soā¦I decided that as long I can make somebody smile with my idiotic pics and as long I have fun in doing itā¦It worth to post it. If somebody wanna judge me for thisā¦Screw them. I aināt stopping.
Also yeahā¦This community is made of freakinā A+ awesome people. All fine gents, ladies and those in the middle. People will love and welcome whatever you will do anyway, so do not be afraid. They wonāt bite. They are all soft, welcoming beans even if they wonāt admit it.
So, in the end, all what I can say to you is..Just try. If I can do it, Iām sure you can do it too. (I meanā¦You just sent an ask to me! I never send asks cuz Iām afraid to bother people. If you can send asks, you can surely post stuff without problems. So, you better start to post pics right now! D:< )
If you receive judgemental/hate comments/asks, those are not useful things, nor critiques. Those are just assholes who need to be insta blocked. You donāt count that. You donāt let to some random freak online to ruin your day. You go for it. You are valid. You go and post your stuff now. NOW!
YOU STILL HERE? GO AND POST YOUR STUFF!
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