HOW I OVERCAME THE FEAR OF PUTTING MYSELF OUT ON THE INTERNET

I would write a simple post... about nothing...

I would click the blue "Post" button...

And in 5 second's time, I would feel excruciating pain...

Like someone was going to burst into the room and start screaming at me, Criticizing at me... Giving me royal shit...

There was nothing WRONG with the post itself.

I felt that it was ME who was flawed... And by posting, I was exposing these flaws to the world... .

And then I finally realized... this too is a form of SOCIAL ANXIETY!

I had already overcome 3 different types of social anxiety caused by 3 different types of shame... .

So, the first thing I needed to do was free myself from the horrible shame at the root of the anxiety...

I felt the shame in my arms... causing me actual physical pain...

And then when I was on my walk, I was finally able to release it into the void.

I exclaimed, "I am NEVER going to feel NOT GOOD ENOUGH ever again!"

I then went to the "Freedom Bridge" in Budapest...

I took out my phone, and made my first video for the world.

I told the world...

"It was here in Budapest that I realized that LOVE AND HONESTY ARE STRONGER THAN FEAR... This was my solution to social anxiety..."

I went on to talk about how much I LOVED Budapest and how GRATEFUL I was that I live here...

By feeling LOVE towards Budapest... and by being as HONEST as I could possibly be... I was able to prevent my brain from flipping into fear... I was able to stay present and focused throughout the whole video.

I then came home and wrote a post about the video.

I pressed the blue "Post" button... and sent it out into the world...

And people who loved it! They loved that someone dared to show that much LOVE towards a city. 🤣

And the people who might have "hated" it it stayed silent...

I didn't need to be afraid of the unknown anymore...

I no longer had to feel any pain...

Because Love and Honesty ARE Stronger than Fear. <3 .

Let me know if you'd like me to help you with your social anxiety... in person or on the internet as well.

With Love...

<3

Marni Penner Social Anxiety Coach