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How do I get rid of anxiety associated with what people will think of my art? It used to be enjoyable but now when I draw I just feel terrible. Ever since I started sharing my art online I've hated every second of drawing, all I care about is how many likes I'm going to get. I'll post for a while and get the approval I want, but eventually a post of mine will flop and after that I can spiral for weeks trying my hardest to just draw ANYTHING that will get me my fix, and making shitty forced posts one after another. Even when I get approval I don't feel right because I know by tomorrow it won't matter and I'll need it again.
>inb4 ngmi you dont like art etc etc
I used to love art before social media and my motivation was 100% internal. Now it's motivated mostly by social media and I have almost none of the creative capacity I had before because I'm scared of doing anything new that might potentially not be liked.

How do I stop being such a bitch??? I've battled with this for so long and I tell myself that I'll stop caring but I always revert back to being like this. I just want to enjoy art like I used to