stop caring about what others think of me

For the past few years i have been holding back on myself, not expressing ME completley. I care way too much what other people think of me. If i see someone stareing at me in the hallway at school or people on the street looking at me i immediatley shrink down and hold back. This really troubles me… i have been getting alot better but i still care too much. No one else should matter, as long as i be myself. I know that in my mind but i have such a hard time expressing it. I WILL get past this some day (:

I’m tired

the problem is the saying:eat what u want but wear what others want

they just look at u as u r different(in a -ve way) & that just eats u up from inside :( cant let it go cant say i dont car i want not to care but cant:( so that leads me to become a perfictionist person & really eats me up ,i,m in my 20s and had enough of the people sick ooooold ideas but cant change it

Hey does anyone know why my comment has some sentences scratched out? lol

I am sure that from time to time I care what people think of me…but for the most part I don’t now.
I just figure that life is meant to be lived--and I shouldn’t waste my time with people who don’t love me for me. So if someone doesn’t like me because of something I say or do-then that’s too bad for them.
I know I am a great person, so if they can’t see that, I don’t want to be friends with them anyways.
I don’t need anyones approval to exist.

A really good quote that I think relates to this (I know it has really inspired me) is:

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s not about not caring what others think; what’s important is not shaping your life around it. I’ve known this for a while and I’ve always had a pretty strong sense of self but until recently I was desperately worried that no one loved me. Silly, yes since I have wonderful family and friends but still…the thought plagued me. Now I’ve decided that there should be more to the relationships I have with people than just what they think of me. It should be deeper than that. And what’s more—since I stopped caring, I really felt pretty for the first time in my life.

if u want to really learn how to do this..

read FOUNTAINHEAD-Ayn Rand

independece = happiness
Bottomline” live 4 urself..no one else matters a shit”

i used to not care what people thought about me until i entered my sophomore year of high school. then i constantly felt like everyone was staring at me and making me feel paranoid. ive become less paranoid and have become more self confident.

i wish everyone would just leave me alone and not judge me…..... it seems that they are always looking at me….......are they….......or am i just paranoid….....ah…..................idk

as far as i’m concerned, i’m pretty comfortable with myself, and i don’t change around other people to fit in… i confess i would maybe dial my loud attitude down a bit with strangers, but for the most part, i’m myself everyday, and i don’t care what people think of me – i’m smart, i’ve got lots of friends, and i’m pretty happy :-)