stop worrying about what other people think

I forgot one of my bags in my French class and so I went back to get it…And I didn’t go in and get it because there were people in the room. I was so stressed by imagining going into the clasroom that I turned and walked back down the flight of stairs that I had just climbed up. I think I am an example of two steps forwards, twelve steps back…

In the library, if I am walking down a row and there is a person in front of me, I will turn around and go back the other way just so that I will have no contact with them. I really need to start walking past the people…I don’t mean to seem rude, my stomach just starts to hurt and I don’t want to make eye contact or say “excuse me” or anything. I don’t want the people to think “oh, that girl is so rude, she is trying to get past me… what kind of person hangs out in the library anyway?”