seeker5:
Don't wear yourself out about not being able to hold the sign up on your own. You've pushed way out of your previous comfort zone, and that IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT for you!
For now, you need the support of the others, as a kind of feedback that what you do "is okay" and acceptable. When you're out there "alone", this support falls away, and doubts creep back in. Don't bother about it too much. The more often you do this kind of thing, the more you will come to terms with how you feel about it, and eventually you will give less and less on how others might think about it and just do it anyway.
Besides...if you spot a seemingly sad person on the sidewalk, walk up to them and tell them: "hey, you look as if you could use a hug" and if they accept it and you bring a smile to their face for even a moment...isn't that worth it?
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