There's a certain kind of people I've genuinely admired since ever:
The ones who you converse with and they render you feeling like they really know who you are as person. They're not anxious if the other person would appreciate their efforts of digging beneath surface area topics. They convey such a gracious mood: You feel valued, appreciated and seen as a person after meeting them.
Here's the thing: I know how to interact on a deeper level.
The only thing holding me back are my worries. Will this seem weird? Do they want to talk with me like that? Is it appreciated if I enter their "personal headspace"?
I think it's coming from a place where my remaining self-doubt and self-esteem problems sometimes lurk. I've for the vast part mastered these feelings, but yet they still come out sometimes in the face of other people.
Advice is appreciated, thank you for reading <3