Published on 12, July, 2020
What has helped you?
Age? I'm 26 but I feel older and younger at the same time.
I want to go back to how I was prior to my teenage years. I've internalised a lot of not very nice things. I'm working through it in therapy.
It's weird. I don't care what people think about my (somewhat uncool) interests but I do care what they think about my appearance and personality.
I do want people to like me but I will admit to taking that and running a mile.
Its really interesting reading the responses on here. When I was in my 20s I actively couldnt care less what people thought, I mean completely not caring at all. Now I am at the opposite extreme and I intensely care what everyone thinks and it causes me a lot of anxiety.
I wish I could find some sort of middle ground, Im working on it but havnt really found it yet
I think the turning point for me was when I became a teenager. I became suddenly more conscious of everything.
I feel like I shouldn't care if someone dislikes me but the more I force myself to try and force myself to, it (unsurprisingly) doesn't help.