Singing. I’ve been told by my mother to shut up from an early age onwards, because I couldn’t keep a tune. Well, early on it was implied, later on she told my dad I sung like crap while I was just a few feet away. I have no idea whether she did that on purpose or not. I don’t even know which would be worse, her doing it on purpose or not. Either way, ever since, I pretty much refuse to sing in public. I do sing sometimes in the car, but only when I’m alone. I have learned to tell whether I’m off key when singing along with someone, but can’t tell otherwise. Singing with a crowd is even worse. In other words, I’m very self-conscious about it and hate that as there are plenty people who can’t sing and still do.
I do regularly think about taking singing lessons. If only so I can sing along with friends and stuff. But effort, hearing disability and lack of money. And yeah, I guess also fear of rejection by a potential teacher.