I overanalyze and care too much about people
Every time I am in public and I bump into someone, it instantly mentally hurts a little, whenever I hear them talking something bad about something, I instantly subconciously fear they're talking about me, when someone talks to me online and it isn't inherently nice and positive, I feel insulted.
I talked about that to multiple mental health professionalists, all of them did nothing but, in short, tell me that I should "not care that much about others and what they think"
How??????? Does anyone know, like, anything I can ACTUALLY and straightforwardly start doing to stop overthinking/fearing/having a traumatic response/just feeling bad when I interact with strangers, or what i perceive as strangers?
(worth mentioning that i have ASD)
@secretFriend3229 hello 😊 nice to meet you. I can see how much this is causing you to struggle and how hard it is 🥺 I have been there too, because of severe bullying, I could never talk to people, I always went red and flustered, i couldn't speak, felt people were staring, judging, talking about me, the paranoia was awful, there's no quick fix for it, but changing my mindset and working on my trauma, helped me to realise people weren't focusing solely on me. I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and daily, worked on my limitations, giving myself affirmations, and learning what my triggers were to address them and find suitable coping mechanisms. I wish you all the best with your healing journey and please know that you are wonderful as you are 😊