Actually Reddit helped me to overcome this fear of expressing my opinion and saying something stupid.
After starting to comment, I found out that no matter what you say, if your comment is visible for a large group of people, someone is going to upvote you. Someone is going to agree. It gave me confidence.
And when people didn't agree, when I got downvoted or even attacked by trolls with personal insults, it wasn't as scary as I imagined. You still have the right to your own opinion, and karma is worthless anyways. If someone is being rude, they're only making themselves look bad.
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u/AutumnFallingEyes Apr 26 '21
Actually Reddit helped me to overcome this fear of expressing my opinion and saying something stupid.
After starting to comment, I found out that no matter what you say, if your comment is visible for a large group of people, someone is going to upvote you. Someone is going to agree. It gave me confidence.
And when people didn't agree, when I got downvoted or even attacked by trolls with personal insults, it wasn't as scary as I imagined. You still have the right to your own opinion, and karma is worthless anyways. If someone is being rude, they're only making themselves look bad.
So now I'm braver in real life as well.