From paralysing fear to almost zero f*cks

In just a few months I have gone from paralysing fear of being visible online to giving almost zero fucks 💣

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Cath B

4/24/20232 min read

In just a few months I have gone from paralysing fear of being visible online to giving almost zero fucks 💣

At first, I felt physically sick being visible, of recording myself and actually speaking online! 😬

I've always, for as long as I can remember, flatly refused to do any public speaking, be in videos and avoided cameras 📸

I'd quit my job or be sacked if I had to speak in front of any large groups 🚫

I even once failed an assessment at school because I refused to stand in front of the class and give a speech 🤦‍♀️

So when I first started this I was beyond uncomfortable and questioned whether I could actually do it…

I could give up before I'd even begun ~ plus my dream of more freedom and travelling Aus ~ or I could do it despite the fears and discomfort 🎯

From paralysing fear to almost zero f*cks

From paralysing fear to almost zero f*cks

Fears & doubts hindering me

Fears & doubts hindering me

I chose ME ~ my future and my dream life ~ NOT the old fears & staying stuck in the daily grind I've been so desperate to escape… so I started small…

I did small posts without any photos of me:

…I would triple check

…Feel shaky when posting

…Check my phone constantly ~ if I woke during the night I'd check to make sure nothing had gone 'wrong'

And nothing went 'wrong' ~ I actually had some likes and followers and each time I posted the fear lessened ✔️

I started posting photos of me, and had the same fears again, then I did an actual recording and now I'm doing recordings more and more… and each time I post a photo or do a recording, the dread becomes a little less…

…I won't lie, I don’t love it!

Yet something has shifted ~ I'm not quite at zero fucks given but the HUGE weight of the paralysing fear has eased 🎉

If you're holding back out of fear, go gently and take small steps, it can be uncomfortable starting but sometimes the issue we see as a HUGE mountain, is only our fears making it seem like a mountain and it isn't even a mountain at all!

Ask yourself what is behind the fear?

Is it real?

Does it matter anymore?

Or have you carried it with you out of habit?

Is it limiting you NOW? 👀

Choose YOU, and YOUR future & dreams ~ when your decisions become about what's best for YOU; not about your fears, that = ZERO FUCKS 💯