I have about 12 songs I'd like to release publically on some site (right now I'm thinking SoundCloud and YouTube), though I'm open to other suggestions/opinions on this. It would be just me singing and playing guitar.

I've done open mics, and somehow I felt more okay about that because it felt anonymous and a one-night-only type thing, but it feels different to have something out there on the web permanently.

I'm not sure what scares me more: having people listen to my songs or having no one listen.

I don't care about being famous. I don't care about making money. But I do care about embarrassment and feeling vulnerable in front of people. And I also care about sharing stuff I've spent so much time and effort creating. I go back and forth between these frequently, wanting to share and wanting to hide.

Do you grapple with this, and how do you get past it?