Sleet · 18 answers · 3mo
˗ˏˋ 🌊 ࿐࿔ R ⁺ S QOTD ⸝⸝⸝ #6
₊˚⊹ — are you afraid of being cringe?
not just on retrospring, but as a person? it could be bad enough to the point of a fear—perhaps one of many anxiety disorders— or as simple as making active choices to change things about yourself, in an attempt to avoid people perceiving you this way. or does it even matter how others perceive you? it could be yourself you’re scared of disappointing…
or maybe you don’t change yourself, yet fear it anyway? or vice versa, you change for the sake of the norm, yet in reality despise the concept of judging someone like that?
if you don’t, did it take time to get to that point? or vice versa, what led to you worrying about things like that?
if you do think you’re “cringe”, is there something in particular you do to feel like that? —
im ok with my more 'mainstream interests but im still worried about my 'niche' ones though. i stopped worrying about absolutely everything since 2023 but im hesitant to talk about niche-ish interests outside of friends and people who share these interests
also bold to assume i stopped worrying about being cringe despite cringe culture being dead. its just something ive internalized for a pretty long time and it took me so much courage to unlearn it and everything.
