So for most of my life, I’ve been a rather quiet and timid kind of guy. I just never had self confidence and always felt “secondary” to everyone else. Selfless in a way, like I just existed to complement other people and listen to them and make them feel good.
And I still battle this today, but to a much lesser degree. I’m still not entirely comfortable approaching people and striking up conversations, I always feel this reluctance to open up to people and make new friends. And don’t get me wrong, I like socializing but I’m just kind of insecure about who I am, my accomplishments, my social skills etc .
In my head, their this version of me that’s maxed out all his stats. Ripped to the gills, impeccable style, making over 6 figures a year as a freelance copywriter, driving a mustang gt, smooth asf with chicks and well known and connected.
So every time I open up about who I am and what I’m doing for work n stuff, theirs this alarm that goes off in my head. It reminds me that I’m not where I want to be and it makes me insecure and want to go home, to just work on myself. But… I need to socialize, it’s “muscle” I need to train so to speak.
So it’s a strange love hate type of thing. But I do think as I socialize more and keep working towards building my ideal self; that this insecurity of mine will disappear.