I feel like everyone knows about my eye contact anxiety or am I just being paranoid?

[itgetsbetter5]

My social anxiety has been going off the rails at work and its worse than its ever been. I’m often one of those that gets ignored at work, that people don’t even look at me. I don’t know if it’s my fault for not being able to make eye contact when I’m anxious. I just saw someone look away as fast as they can from a bus whilst I was on the street walking and then on the tube a girl kept looking at me, two men gave me dirty looks and then a woman again kept glancing at me. I don’t know if I’m just being paranoid but people just seem to do the same everywhere I go and I feel like its me. Sometimes I feel like I come in to work and say Hi to everyone and suddenly one person ignores me, I just don’t know if it’s the way I look or the way my eyes are but I’ve always had this self image of me looking serious or grumpy or weird when I’m anxious. Sorry for the blabble, I feel like I just have to vent. This is really making me feel like theres no light at the end of the tunnel.

[Kat63]

Other people are usually not thinking about you nearly as much as you think they are.

[itgetsbetter5 in reply to Kat63]

Yeah sometimes when I have my good days. I don’t even notice people and not care if people are staring at me. 🙁

[brokenlight]

Thank you for sharing.

I struggle with some of this too.

And Kat63 is right I think.

But I also get it.

I’m sorry for any pain & suffering you may be experiencing and best of luck to you ✨

[itgetsbetter5 in reply to brokenlight]

Thank you. I wish the best of luck to you too. 🙂