Fear of writing 😱

Hi, my name is Henrik and I am a perfectionist.

As a perfectionist, I am scared of making imperfect things. Publishing new posts on this blog is frightening. What if something I write turns out to be wrong? What if people think I’m stupid? My reptile brain expects everyone to laugh at me. I will be cast out of the tribe and die lonely and hungry.

The irony is that the far more likely “danger” is that no-one will care. That no-one will even read what I write.

But that thought is also liberating. If no one cares, I don’t need to worry. I can just write what I want.