Shawn Johnson East

Like I was always an insecure kid, maybe just like shy and always, you know, wanted to prove that I was worthy enough to be in someone's friend group or whatever it was.

I don't know.

I don't know where it came from.

Need more therapy to figure that out.

But I'm always trying to prove myself that I'm capable.

And I think it's like the imposter syndrome.

So I think my baseline is always like,

I'm actually not good at anything.

And now I need to prove to people that I actually am, which is very odd.

But if you look at like if we went down a list and looked at anything that I did, I'd be like, oh, yeah.

I mean, they just gave that to me because I won the Olympic medal or that wasn't me.

That was someone else or that was like the team that made that happen or whatever it is.

I'll have an excuse for everything.

But kids changed it in me so much.

And it's a reminder.

Like I revert back a lot.

But my children now.

They have gotten to ages where they'll make a mistake.

They'll do something silly.

They'll, you know, they've started little sports and they'll lose and they'll be like, oh, do you still love me?