I cringe at my own Linkedin profile and during networking all the time. Is this normal?

Basically title and a small rant. I cringe when I look at my own Linkedin profile. When I network with alumni, I am embarrassed whenever I receive no response. This is much worse than the imposter syndrome. I also cringe at my audacity to network with people in finance since I have almost zero work experience. The lack of confidence is making me burn out so much. I hate networking but I have to get through it until junior year begins.

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It is not that I have such crippling anxiety that I cannot even bring myself to cold call/email/networking. But sometimes the imposter syndrome kicks in so hard that I feel like my email/LinkedIn Profile feel fake and cringeworthy. I hope this feeling goes away when summer arrives.

Also, I am networking in Asia so things might be a little different. Lots of cold-blooded alumni.

 

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