There are those days where I feel a million bucks, having worked through my own struggles, obstacles, and hurdles. I look priceless too, consistent exercise is my other secret!

I have recently gotten back into a young adult social group that meets each week. Now I love my solitude, and I am a huge introvert. I wanted to get out of my comfort zone because as someone who is leveling up, shedding attached strings to my past, becoming a new person through metamorphosis, I thought meeting new men and women would help me ease into socializing again.

Sometimes, I feel the imposter’s syndrome. I am totally OK with listening and people watching. I find myself somewhat closing myself off, because well... I have been so used to the self-preservation that I built during the time I was undergoing depression, trauma, self-loathing etc.

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What actions and steps have you taken so that you quite literally, don’t give a fuck about what other people think of you? That you know how to form friendships with people? That you know how to get on the right foot with a man when you’re getting to know each other? That you know that you are 10000% staying true to you and kicking out all self-doubt?

(I don’t even know how healthy romantic relationships start, much less how to go from strangers to acquaintances to friends to romantic partners, Ugh 😤)