I like watching movies, so I found some film screening communities that screen highly critical movies that are usually not accessible, and also found this to be a great way to interact with likeminded folks.
Sometimes I invite friends or some of them invite me - we watch the screening, but usually do not share our observations and takeaways to the public, I was afraid most of the time, with opinions filled in my throat. This time at a different group - they asked everyone to share their observations, one by one.
I thought I will keep it short and then move it on, then remembered that this what I wanted to last time as well - so I took my time and shared all the things I liked on the movie and the reflections I had were received well too. Later when returning back after going for dinner, my friend kinda pseudo-rejected me saying that he wanted to stop me in between for how I much I was yapping on the film so that he can finish his talk soon🤣. I felt a little sting, but it felt all good that rejection from a person did not matter much when I did not get rejected by myself or by a larger group!