Not worrying/caring about what my neighbor think has alleviated my anxiety. Sometimes I don’t feel like going out. At times, I don’t have plans on the weekend at all, but I force myself to go out just for my neighbors! Ridiculous. This is my life. I guess I was afraid that they would talk about me and how I might not have a social life. When in fact, I haven’t been in school for awhile due to my depression. So its not like there’s anything wrong with me socially. I just need to worry about my physical/mental well being and not live my life for others just so they won’t talk about me. Do I choose to live my life for them and throw away mines?! Do I care about them more than I care about my physical/mental well being?! C’MON!!!
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How to stop worrying about what other people think
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 "Once you realize that life doesn't revolve around gossip and negativity, your life can turn around."
How I did it: I had a really tough year, where everybody heard a rumor about me and judged me horribly. I could barely deal with the people in my school because everybody gave me a hard time. However, after 2 years of moping, i realized it was getting me nowhere by hiding in the shadow of who people thought i was. I was just giving in to the bullying. The best thing you can do is brush it off, so i set out to eradicate anything that had to do with the rumor, and concentrate on what's inside me. Eventually, i learned that people didn't really care that much anyways, and i shouldn't doubt myself over it anymore! Lessons & tips:
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It made me
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How I did it: I used to get bullied horribly by someone close to me. They said I was stupid, ugly and uninteresting, and I started to believe them. When I finally got out, the emotional and mental scars were still there. I would worry terribly about what people thought of me, wanted them toaccept me to prove to myself that I was not as worthless as I'd been told, always being reliant on other people's opinions of me as my self-esteem had been diminish… Read how I did it…
It made me
Come alive 
How I did it: I finally got tired of worrying about what people thought. How they perceived me. I got tired of worrying about what I was wearing, what I said, how I said it, when I said it, the way I talked and it even came down to the way I walked it became just so ridiculous to the point where I realized I wanted the old me back. Caring so much about what people thought changed me. So I decided. No more. I did everything I wanted to. And realized I'v… Read how I did it…
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YAY
How I did it: It's easy to stop worrying about what people think about you when you are already out of the loop of "things" I guess, but with a small town and a lot of gossip, that easy goal becomes extremely hard. It's an ever-going battle but I'm winning. I just need support from my boyfriend and I need to keep reaching for the confidence I need to believe that I'm not here for people to pick over what they like and dislike about me. I'm just Baily a… Read how I did it…
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It's about time
3 months ago
I feel like I’ve gotten lost somewhere between the real me and the person I feel I need to become, the person other people want me to be. I think it’s time I found my way back to being fully myself, comfortable in my own skin. What other people think doesn’t matter and I will never be happy acting like, or trying to be someone I’m not. Sometimes I laugh at innapropriate moments. Sometimes I’m just really awkward. I don’t know EVERYTHING. And all of those things are fine. I just need to loosen up and be comfortable showing weakness because anyone worthwhile won’t judge me by my shortcomings, they’ll look for the good in me. It’ll be hard but I know I can accomplish this goal if I keep trying.
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3 months ago
To be able to stop worrying about what other people think of me sounds like a dream – i want it!!!!!!
Renee feels like DaNcInG :)
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6 months ago
it seems like everywhere i go i always have people giving me dirty faces….it makes me feel worthless and weird and like a no body. sometimes if i bring it up my friends just tell me how im wrong…i hate feeling like people are always talking bad about me…...how can i stop feeling this way?!
bubbles075 is chillin
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9 months ago
i’m not totally un-paranoid about what other people think of me yet, but I am getting there. I’ve improved so much about this in the last 3 years because of the friends i have now and hopefully soon ill be able to change this to “I’m done”
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13 months ago
Who cares what other people think about what you do in your life? We shouldn’t do things out of fear for what people will think of us. We should do them because they make us happy or they are fun. I want the self – confidence to dance in the middle of a parking lot to music blaring from my car. I’m a far ways from there, but I plan on getting there by constantly reminding myself that mine and GOD’s opinion are the only one’s that really matter.
cometsrcunning is happily muddled.
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15 months ago
i want to do this, but ponder if it is a realistic goal. i hope so.
divadee39 I just did my evening walk. I am walking about 2 miles every evening.
WORTH DOING! IT'S CALLED SELF-ESTEEM!
15 months ago
I gave up caring or worrying what others thought of me in my early 30’s and never looked back. But, even as a child my mother always said that I ‘marched to the beat of a different drummer.’ I’ve always liked that and have tried to emulate that in the choices I make in my life. No; I am not some weirdo or some town character that everyone points and laughs at; I am a responsible citizen of this world who shows compassion and understanding to others when needed. I truly hope that others think I am a good person; a caring soul. But, does my self-esteem and how I feel about myself rely on other’s opinion of me?
NO WAY!!!!
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16 months ago
I am done with this one….spent too much time worrying about it before getting here. I feel free now.
