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How sharing creative work feels like emotional exposure

I deleted my poetry Instagram account because posting felt like asking strangers to validate my feelings

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Publishing creative expression transforms private emotional processing into public performance, conflating artistic merit with personal worth.

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