Have any of you gotten Comfortable posting yourself online?
17m I’m a teenager and these years are the years that feels the most judgemental. And I’m single and apparently the best way to get out there is to let people see you. And not just have a little profile pic to guess everything on. I have this thing were who doesn’t like my story like that annoys me because not a lot of people like my stories and then if I post myself and one of them don’t, it crushes me and makes me want to never post my face again.
But the first time in 6 years of having insta I posted a full face pic, obviously people who follow me are people in my space like college, so surely posting myself would be easy since they alr know what I look like? Well I did it before an event so id be distracted and not look at who liked or viewed my story. But still I checked my phone 3 times that night just to see who liked it.
And sometimes I get enough confidence to post my face online and then I hyperfixate on the photo. And pick apart little details and then they just sit in my camera roll.
I post myself for one for maybe a girl to see se and be like maybe oh he’s cute, and for my friends to see and be like ayy he’s looking good.
Idk if this belongs in this Reddit specifically. But my insta account is my main form of communication to the people around me, because I sure don’t speak to them. But I keep hoping that one day they’ll see an art piece I do. Or a graphic tee I posted and be like oh that’s cool and start a conversation but that doesn’t happen.
As an introvert I’m constantly told to reach out to others and it’d be a lot easier if they weren’t so judgmental.