Do you feel like you've gotten better at trusting yourself as you got older?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I live for the chaos of life. It's kinda like an addiction to me. My parents tried so hard to raise me to be fearful and timid. And deep down somewhere I genuinely am, I just decided to do stuff anyway.

People see me say bold things and do hard stuff and ask how I got so confident in myself but the to be honest, half the time I do those things, I'm shaking in my boots 😂

But as I go through more stuff, I'm less afraid. I've been laughed at, lost everything more than once, shamed etc. I always come back and that's made life a lot less scary.

I wonder how many people feel the same way.

[BobbieBoy666]

Yes, ever since I came out of the closet on August 4th. 2025 about being bigender and getting in touch with my womanly side by wearing dresses my attitude is better and happier and I'm a new me for the new year I'm even getting my fingernails done now.

[HawkPerception]

I've definitely made progress, but I'm still a work in progress. I still have imposter syndrome in many aspects of my life. I still struggle with decision making and following through. The only thing I've gotten much better at is speaking, receiving compliments, and having some faith in my intelligence.

[DishLady]

Yeah, for sure. That “gut feeling” is something you rely on more while things you were taught about “being nice” you rely on less. You just KNOW what is right and wrong…

[Cutegirl06]

I think it's awesome that you feel fear and do it anyway! You push past your fears and each time you do that you get more and more confident!! I think that's awesome!

[MrChinaski]

Definitely. The way I like to sum it up is:

[SimonK56]

You know, when I was younger, I was a typical "nerdy" type, I did have some issues with self-confidence, I was mostly a loner for most of my life, I'm 56 years old now, I feel more self-confident and trusting of myself as I have gotten older, I guess you would call it maturity, so, yes, I can relate to that.

[DrPepper12]

HELLZ YES!! You do enuf rodeos you don't gain experience... You gain wisdom

[NathanDavis]

you can still, quite confidently shake in your boots...

you shake, you fear... but you still do it, anyway... and do it well

confidence is more about balance...

[NathanDavis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5V0ZJQor9M

[insatiable_curiosity]

Well put. Most of us probably feel this way especially with new things. I like the saying, “Fake it ‘till you make it.”

[queenofcardio]

I know that I am able to withstand a ton of crap based on my experiences yeah.

[AngryCarl2]

My parents were the same, but they were more successful at raising me in their own image. At heart I'm still a coward but I got better at hiding it.

[exitseven]

I peaked around 40. Now I do not have the physical tools to do a lot of things.

[WonderingManII]

Not really because I go a slow brain.

[WonderingManII]

Notice how I misspelled the word got.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I think 80% of my replies have misspelled words 😂

[jahaims]

I've always trusted myself