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by jlund-molfese
1682 days ago
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I once had a coworker I didn't know very well say something like "I noticed you seemed a little off during the last meeting, is everything alright?". I'm sure they meant well, but the comment was jarring and invasive. It felt like on top of everything else going on at the time, I needed to exhaust more effort worrying about how I appear on camera. |
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I understand where you are coming from though. I was depressed in my 20s and my inner dialogue was all about how bad I must appear to other people. It prevented me from relaxing in the company of others completely, and made me interpret their comments in a negative way.
You get out of that by gaining self confidence. You have to have the mindset to not let other people's opinions bother you too much. So for example, what if that guy you mentioned think you look not happy on camera? Maybe you don't but you have no obligation to look like anything. You can put a picture of a rabbit instead of yourself. You can say your camera is broken.
It all comes back to having the confidence to do these things because that is freedom. If you don't have the confidence to go your own way because you want to, you are a complete slave to the behavior of others. They decide how you feel. Just stop it. Walk your own path in life. Start practicing tomorrow by turning off your camera.
Good luck.