It makes me sad to see so many people saying “I’m not anyone” when introducing themselves on social media. Um, yeah, you are someone. You are you and everyone in the world has something to say and often a lot more people are interested than you may think. Unfortunately I think a lot of peoples thinking has been trained that unless you have lots of followers / you’re famous / you post controversial opinions then you’re not worthy of being heard. You are.

@dropbear additionally, i think a lot of people shrink under the spotlight and, because society has taught us that attention-seeking and talking about oneself are bad things™, people err on the side of identifying as merely unremarkable. which, sadly, is also indicative of the low self-esteem no doubt borne of similar societal pressures.

so, this supportive post of yours? refreshing as hell to encounter in the wilds, as it were. 😄