(September 7, 2018 at 9:46 pm)Kit Wrote: When we're teenagers, we're rather preoccupied with how others view us. As we become older, however, we realize that most people aren't even thinking about us because they're too preoccupied with themselves, their lives, their small daily worlds.
I am a people watcher, however. Even as introspective as I am, I am also the one exception who is always thinking things of everyone I see around me. When you look at me and think I'm just thinking about my own life, chances are that you're roughly ninety percent wrong. Rather, I am thinking about you and how you live and making judgments based on how you look, etc.
Anyone else like me?
I'm the same way and I'd venture a guess that many others are too. But as a few alluded to in the thread, it's mostly fleeting thoughts about people who we briefly encounter. Since we Homo sapiens are a social species, it's completely normal. The differences lie in how we each perceive and judge others.
Worrying about what others think extended far beyond my teenage years. It's only in the past few years that I've freed myself from caring much what others think about me. In fact, sometimes I say and do things to provoke reactions - with no concern about whether it's good or bad - simply to see how others react.
-Teresa
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