Rachel,

That is indeed a solution. In my case, I love the reader interaction, even if sometimes it is through negative feedback.

For some reason, I couldn’t load your page, but I’ll keep trying. Thanks for stopping by.

Ha. I know what you mean. I have to constantly keep up with every question, comment and criticism. It’s no easy task. But the end result makes it all worth it. Content sites are way easier. My site http://www.stop-anxiety-attack.com was the result of tons of blogger data. I enjoy it much more. And without the need to keep up with the blog – i too have far less anxiety. In fact it was ironic that stopping my blog actually helped me cure panic attacks at the same time. So my solution? Run away! Run away from the blog! and just stick with content sites.

pollyHuber,

Care to elaborate on that? Saying I am wrong does not argue any point and is in fact a personal attack. If my argument is flawed, point out the flaws please. Otherwise, do not bother to leave a comment.

Hi,
Most obviously you’re quite wrong.

[...] This is the second post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. Please read the previous post on Blogging and Comments. [...]

What I’m wondering about is how some bloggers manage to have a vvvvvery active team of commentators on their blog. Even their posts that bring nothing new (say, copy & paste announcement from WordPress about their latest update) get tons of comments. They manage to build more than just a readership who comments, they build a community of loyal readers around their blog, so that it feels more like a forum where only the owner posts a topic and the rest are commenting on it.

Of course, they all rank high on Technorati and have thousands of RSS subscribers. I wonder if this is possible to achieve with not so popular blogs?

Thanks for the mention Ronald. Also, thanks Vivien for the comment. I think blogging comes with these anxieties that need to be overcome on an individual basis, and sometimes as a group, in order to focus more on blogging than wondering about the side-effects.

Among other things, when I write posts that take days to write and yet I see no comments, it feels really weird. You know the usual mantra, the one in which everyone says something like “Write, write and write more even if your posts dont get attention in the beginning. People will come more if you have more content.” I do not agree to the first sentence in that mantra, since that focuses on marketing so that anything that does not get comments can be let go so we can focus on marketing. For me, every post takes time and effort, and every post has a purpose, so I want even older posts to get attention.

Misery loves company? Just kidding.

Blogging isn’t so bad. It just isn’t one of those “instant gratification” type hobbies (or jobs).

Thanks for stopping by Vivien (inspirationbit).

Thanks for the credit, Ronald.
Your post made me realize that I’m not the only one suffering from blogger anxiety. It’s not that I’m happy to see that others suffer too… not at all.. it took away the guilty feeling that perhaps blogging is not for me.