Valid tbh! As stated in the post, I know this anxiety of mine is irrational, and I think it’s the virtuous thing to be open about my own irrationality when I notice it. Obvious would be even better if I didn’t feel that anxiety in the first place, but my brain will do what my brain does, I guess…
I think voicing the anxiety was brave and virtuous.
I don’t think I am remotely as affected as you are, but I think this is likely to affect many of us, myself included, at a smaller scale. I do not think I stop myself from posting critical content—but I do think I am a lot more careful as to whether I am being fair in my criticism than I would otherwise be, and that alone may make my criticism milder than it should be. And any degree of self-censoring is harmful. Getting it out in the open might be a good strategy for sitting with the feeling and getting past it.
Valid tbh! As stated in the post, I know this anxiety of mine is irrational, and I think it’s the virtuous thing to be open about my own irrationality when I notice it. Obvious would be even better if I didn’t feel that anxiety in the first place, but my brain will do what my brain does, I guess…
I think voicing the anxiety was brave and virtuous.
I don’t think I am remotely as affected as you are, but I think this is likely to affect many of us, myself included, at a smaller scale. I do not think I stop myself from posting critical content—but I do think I am a lot more careful as to whether I am being fair in my criticism than I would otherwise be, and that alone may make my criticism milder than it should be. And any degree of self-censoring is harmful. Getting it out in the open might be a good strategy for sitting with the feeling and getting past it.