The paradox of authenticity

ChatGPT just presented me with the a word that describes what I have struggled with a lot throughout my personal enlightenment path.

I'll give you my versions, respectively ChatGPT's version:

--- My XP: I have often witnessed that the quest for freedom from shame and social punishment or judgment actually comes with extra social judgment and punishment, because trying to not care about what people think, so you do just your stuff, and very often actually that is interpreted as showing off. I hate it, and most people do it, especially whenever I feel free and by doing so making it more difficult to feel free (around them or in the future).
Even more, in the past I held off from doing stuff that could be seen as showing off, but sometimes those exact things are pleasant to do for yourself and not to show off and people can't make the difference or forget to put their biases aside or forget the benefit of the doubt.

--- ChatGPT: What you’re describing is a very common and subtle social trap: the paradox of authenticity. When you stop filtering your actions to avoid shame or judgment, you’re acting according to your own preferences and needs—but other people often interpret unfiltered action as “attention-seeking” or “showing off,” because their mental default is to assume social motives.

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I could even generalize and dare to say: At a certain point, the quest for less ego will make people see more ego.
My conclusion: Now I have to learn to stay feeling free from feeling free. 🫣😉

P.S. Of course this is with the thought in mind that "the stuff i do" is not harmful.