Brianna Gomez

It is so true.

You might be like, well, no one's going to see me as confident because they know that I'm shy.

They know that I'm awkward.

I was shy and awkward.

And look at me now.

I don't think that anyone at all in the world still views me as shy or awkward because I'm not that version of myself anymore.

You have to allow yourself to change.

Some of you have this almost stronghold that you have glued yourself to.

It's like you've tied yourself up to this label that says, I'm awkward.

I'm shy.

I'm anxious.

And yes, yes.

I know that mental illness is so real and it is so heavy.

And so I'm not saying like, just get over it if it is something that deep.

But I'm talking about in terms of how you view yourself.

If you just walk around and you enter a social setting and you're like, oh, no one's going to like me because I'm awkward.

No one's going to like me because I'm shy.

I'll never be able to start a conversation first because I just can't.

I've never been able to do that.

Set yourself free from that.