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Well done for writing about this. I think that people in SV think that this is such a simple issue, if your startup is "doing well" (or if you say things are going well) then you're fine but people are much more complicated. Also that certain feelings are something to be expected and not to be dealt with or talked about. We doubt our abilities, we worry about our external perception, how others will treat us if we fuck up.

[hluska]

I once spoke with a doctor who told me, "People like you worry me. From the outside, your life is going so well so nobody will ever reach out to you. But on the inside, you are in absolute turmoil."

Your excellent comment brought those words back to me. Thank you for that - this is a lesson that I seriously need to internalize.