Taboo Fiction Writers

Do you find it hard to advertise the stuff you write? Or even just talk about it?

One of my fics just amassed over 4,000 hits after uploading a fourth chapter. And I'm kind of proud of myself for the feat, but given the nature of the fic feel like I can't share the achievement cause they'll wanna read it.

And I use my writing a therapy for some stuff that happened to me. And really don't want the proverbial smoke. Lol.

Anyone else struggle with this?