Feel like everything is about me.

[AntiSocialSocialClub]

I feel like everyone's face or how they act is about me. If people are laughing or smiling it's at me. If people are angry and sad it's about me. I know the world doesn't revolve around me, but I have Social Anxiety and am very prone to take things personally. Even if I'm in the car and another car passes by somehow it feels like that person could make a judgment about me no matter how illogical it seems.

[Kat63]

I’ve felt that way myself a lot. I think the hardest thing to let go of is the idea that other people are constantly watching us, noting when we screw up. It’s so hard! And yet, I’ve had brief periods of realizing that most of the people in the world 1) don’t know much about me and 2) don’t care, when they do know.

So if I can know that sometimes, why can’t I know it all the time? Grrr!

[AntiSocialSocialClub in reply to Kat63]

I get what you mean about the know sometimes. I think we might think something makes sense consciously, but subconsciously we believe something different. It's hard but I feel like as you get older, you stop caring or just don't have that much time anymore.

[AntiSocialSocialClub in reply to AntiSocialSocialClub]

I'm still in high school so I'm rather young and I feel like social pressures are at their peak in HS.

[Kat63 in reply to AntiSocialSocialClub]

You’re pretty smart. I think being out of HS will benefit you immensely.