The author reflects on their experience facilitating a UX workshop that felt lacking despite decent presentation skills. Post-presentation, they grapple with a common emotional response, a 'vulnerability hangover,' which leaves them hesitant to review participant feedback. Motivated by a piece on embracing discomfort, the author faces their fears and opens the survey results, discovering mostly positive responses, indicating the importance of confronting insecurity after seeking feedback.
As an experienced UX Researcher, I expected the workshop to go better, but I felt off despite presenting the content well.
I was afraid to look at the feedback survey responses due to the classic vulnerability hangover that follows presentations.
I felt like shit and was scared that the feedback would only heighten my feelings of inadequacy after the workshop.
Reading Tim Denning's piece about leaning into discomfort inspired me to confront the survey feedback rather than avoid it.
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