@ressa's post on Artfol
Afraid of failure, story?
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The other day I was tattooing a friend (Im still learning) and I did get so anxious because I'm afraid of failure, making mistakes and etc (which j find very important in a tattoo because is permanent and I'm hurting the person), long story short my head started spinning with many bad thoughts, and my hand started shaking more, also I could not breath normally,
I stopped to breath, tried to relax, I wanted to cry because I couldn't see more than mistakes, (my friend let me did this for me to practice and he doesn't care about the finished product as much as me)
I finished, and it affected me emotionally, I started to apologize for everything and he said it is really cool actually (he said that some lines are shaky but the rest is cool)
The days passed, I saw the tattoo again, it was not that bad as I remembered, yes it is shaky yes I'm still learning...
I'm so afraid of failure that it sabotages me, I sabotage myself.
(It happens a lot in my life but I wanted to say this especific case since it happened recently and it is art related)
I find it curious... How I am so afraid of results, failure, mistakes, probabilities it block me from doing stuff
And if I try to do it, I get bad anxiety
I need to start appreciating what I do... But it is difficult, sometimes I believe I will always hate my work...idkApr 15, 2021
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The other day I was tattooing a friend (Im still learning) and I did get so anxious because I'm afraid of failure, making mistakes and etc (which j find very important in a tattoo because is permanent and I'm hurting the person), long story short my head started spinning with many bad thoughts, and my hand started shaking more, also I could not breath normally,
I stopped to breath, tried to relax, I wanted to cry because I couldn't see more than mistakes, (my friend let me did this for me to practice and he doesn't care about the finished product as much as me)
I finished, and it affected me emotionally, I started to apologize for everything and he said it is really cool actually (he said that some lines are shaky but the rest is cool)
The days passed, I saw the tattoo again, it was not that bad as I remembered, yes it is shaky yes I'm still learning...
I'm so afraid of failure that it sabotages me, I sabotage myself.
(It happens a lot in my life but I wanted to say this especific case since it happened recently and it is art related)
I find it curious... How I am so afraid of results, failure, mistakes, probabilities it block me from doing stuff
And if I try to do it, I get bad anxiety
I need to start appreciating what I do... But it is difficult, sometimes I believe I will always hate my work...idkApr 15, 2021
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I'm so sorry man..just remember everything starts out scary, and every scary thing can be overcome
you've already taken a giant leap forward, it's only a matter of time before you become more comfortable<3
you've already taken a giant leap forward, it's only a matter of time before you become more comfortable<3•
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