I get really anxious and upset becuase people think I'm weird

when I'm in public, I tend to get really anxious and I start walking weird, and then strangers start looking at me and I get upset becuase they think I'm weird. I also tend to always look at random strangers for no reason and I can't help it. Any help?

when I get in a usual daily environment I act mostly normal, but when I'm not, I get anxious, weird and upset and I when people laugh i always think their laughing at me becuase I get really weird and uncomfortable.

i really need help becuase my confidence is getting really low and it's getting to that point where I'll probably be too scared to walk out of my house. It's really upsetting becuase when i was young i was really confident and wasn't afraid of people and strangers never used to look at me beucase I never got anxious and worried that People would look at me because im weird.

im 14 by the way, is there anyway this can stop?

Starstruck over 9 years ago

Hi Zac, I'm sorry to hear that you feel others think your weird.
As a teenager I was very anxious. Many of your peers without Autisim will have various things that make them feel anxiety. This is part of life.
if you feel that your different others do pick up on this by your body language.
Being different isn't always negative.
its also normal to look at others all people do this. Just try not to stare.
people laugh for all sorts of reasons so it may not be you they are laughing at.
Even if occasionally it is you they laugh at don't take it to heart. It doesn't mean that
you wont make your own friends & have your own reasons to laugh.
The world is full of many people, not all of them will be nice to you. If you learn to like yourself you can learn to be confident.
Do you know what your good at. Can you ask your parents or a close friend what they like about you ?