[ SECRET POST #1180 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1180 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

April 1st Submissions Post is open!

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 186 secrets from Secret Submission Post #169.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - ships it ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I sympathize, OP. My social anxiety followed me into fandom (it took a couple of years.) I think it's actually a little worse in fandom than it is in RL now, actually. In my case, it's not concrit that makes me nervous; hell, I'd welcome that because at least people would be commenting. It's when no one comments at all that I get just indescribably, horribly embarrassed.

And it's like a self-fulfilling thing - when I first started in fandom, I was fine, I'd post a fic, and get lots of comments. Then, as the social anxiety got worse, the comments just stopped. I can only guess that it's somehow affected my writing but for the life of me, I can't figure out how.

[(Anonymous)]

hell, I'd welcome that because at least people would be commenting. It's when no one comments at all that I get just indescribably, horribly embarrassed.

Same :( I have My Guests enabled at my fic journal and I can see that people have read/visited. It makes me feel so embarrassed that they didn't deem me good enough to say something.

[(Anonymous)]

Ditto!
Are you guys me? Because I could have written this. I hate it :(

[(Anonymous)]

Speaking as someone who tends to read fic without commenting... for some of us, it's because we get horribly anxious agonizing over what to say, too. It isn't because the author isn't good enough- it's because they're so good that I feel like I'd embarrass myself trying to tell them why and how much I liked what they wrote.

Sorry if I made you or anyone else uncomfortable by my silence, anon. I've been there too, and I know it sucks.

[sweetwater-tx.livejournal.com]

This! This is me all the time. I often feel too awkward to comment on a fic - like, when it seems like the other commentators are all of their friends, or when it was posted a long time ago, or if I recently commented on another of their stories...I guess it's a bad habit, ne that I will try to remedy! Now I kinda feel bad for not commenting on so many stories.

[savagewoman.livejournal.com]

I once got unexpected feedback from an old story. It made my whole day and week, and I still can remember it almost verbatim. Feedback for old stories is very welcome :)

*Echoing the 'Are you me?' sentiments*

[t3h-toby-chan.livejournal.com]

Holyshit, this. I mean, it doesn't happen too much; I usually get at least a couple comments, (now that I've crawled out of the hole I've been hiding in for a little while), but still, I tend to get those posts where I think it's going to be totally awesome, and then nobody comments and I just get so paranoid and ashamed.


And yeah, I think for the most part it's my fear of looking stupid that somehow translates into the fic/art/the way I promote it. Or my shyness at really striking up conversation with commenters for fear of looking stupid... which is most definitely a self fulfilling prophecy because basically the only way to get more recognition for your fic is to leave a lot of comments on others' fics (I am such a lurker; never know quite what to say, always feel like an intruder by commenting, irrational fears galore, etc), respond to a lot of comments (NEVER KNOW WHAT TO SAY!), and build up a spot in the community. Those of us with social anxiety have to overcome our difficulties in that.

The only real way to get over it is to keep doing it. No matter how dumb you feel. You figure it out eventually.

[ayeayes.livejournal.com]

YES! It's incredibly disappointing when I don't get any comments at all :(