Originally Posted by lacikat
Originally Posted by tigger5464
I have only been in one so far and an ongoing one now. I don't joing because of insecurities about my work. :( I sometimes don't feel that my best will be good enough. (I want my blocks and work to look like I really cared enough to everyone who looks at it.) Another reason that I don't join many is financial.
Isn't it funny how we are our own worse critics and a lot of us, including myself feel our work is inferior to others. I see a lot of you putting out absolutely beautiful work and apologizing that it is not perfect. My friend and I were amazed when we got acquainted, each thought the other had all the confidence in the world until we got to discussing how we felt about the things we do and both felt that everyone else's was so-o-o much better.
It's a common malady of almost all women. Somehow we grow up feeling inferior, worthless, not as good as, contemptible, negative; about our boob size, our height, our abilities, our usefulness, and any other thing that identifies us as a woman. And we are our own worst enemies. I've sought for years to discover the underlying reason(s) behind this. I went to shrinks to get over the depression of feeling worthless. It helped some.
But nearly every woman in the world will at some point in her life have this horrible feeling that she just doesn't measure up. Not to her mom, her teacher, her husband, her kids, her employer, and mostly the expectations she has of herself. Maybe some one out there in cyber-land has an explanation?
YTQ