Why do I always feel like people are laughing at me when I don't hear it?

On my experience, it’s because i didn’t have a lot of self esteem and used to know every little thing « wrong » with me so i could hear them laughing and i was so sure that it was about me because i also have been bullied so i was so sure that they were saying things like « have you seen her hair » or  « ew look at her face or body » and even when they were not even laughing i was so used to judgment that i convinced myself that they were laughing at my looks or at what i was saying, i was and am still scared of judgment.

I think you'll find a surprising number of people who can relate to this question. I think that sometimes we start to believe that "confidence" is the absence of insecurities, but that is absolutely not the case. Everyone is insecure about something, and it's more than ok to feel insecure. You can express an insecurity, even to yourself, and accept that this is a fear that comes from somewhere inside you, it isn't what anyone outside of you necessarily feeling or thinking. It is likely that people around you are also unaware that you are thinking it and feeling it. Knowing that alone, and reminding yourself in the moment, which of course is harder in practice, can quiet some of those fears and make social situations more manageable. People who appear confident are not people who have know insecurities, they have just gotten to know them, and people who do not feel or appear confident just haven't done that yet.

People sometimes expect others to react to them in certain ways others have responded to them in the past, and they don't recognize when others have thwarted their negative expectations because they've been conditioned to emotionally respond to others a certain way in certain circumstances in which their minds have noticed negative behavior patterns based on past events & circumstances. Think of Pavlov's dogs for a better understanding. Pavlov is a famous scientist who studied behavioral patterns. He rang a bell to announce that he was going to feed his dogs, in one famous experiment. After consistently ringing the bell before feeding them and doing it on numerous occasions, his dogs began to drool in anticipation of receiving food when they heard a bell ring, even though they weren't provided with food. If you've been ridiculed in social situations involving groups of people in the past on numerous occasions, you might expect to hear people laughing at you and feel embarrassed and demeaned when you enter into situations with groups of people, even though no one is ridiculing you. Here, feeling like people are laughing when they're not is the equivalent of Pavlov's dogs drooling when there isn't any food around for them to eat, and entering social situations with groups of people is the equivalent of Pavlov ringing a bell. Feelings can be triggered by your own expectations of what will happen in a situation, just as easily as they can be when something actually happens in one.

Before you can even begin to trust your partner again, you first need to trust yourself — your inner knowledge of what's right and wrong for you. We have all been blessed with two sources of knowing — our feelings and the wisdom that pops into our mind from our higher guidance. When you learn to trust your feelings about your partner and learn to trust the wisdom that is always here for you, then you become truly trustworthy of yourself. This means that you stop ignoring that inner whisper and start listening to what you know in your heart and soul. Then and only then will you be able to discern what is true and what isn't about your partner and the relationship. With self-trust, you will be able to feel — and believe — when he or she is lying or trying to take advantage of you in a way that erodes trust.

Is it possible that you go through social anxiety ? Or have been through some tough experiences with people you loved and trusted ? If yes , then that can explain what you feel . I advise you to start working on your mind , learn to control the thoughts you have because not everything you have in my is true and healthy. It will take some time , but I trust it gets better when you get used to the practice and also , do you have friends ? If yes then I advise you to spend some time with them and learn to trust them because not everybody spends his life laughing at other people. If you don't have friend , I hope you make some very soon. You don't need to stay alone.

Probably you pay many attention about what others think, and you should't. Whatever a person thinks in his mind has nothing to do with you. You are responsible for your actions and your mind....not for others. Apart from that you should try to boost a little bit your self-esteem, because it is strange that you feel like that always....Probably you have a low self esteem, and you should work on building positive emotions about yourself and acceptance! here on 7 cups there are few self-esteem meditation that you could try...and meditation works faster than any other method, since it affects our subconscious mind!

Sometimes we put too much emphasis on what others think of us. Hold your head high and have confidence in yourself. You're a very capable person and others may look up to you more than you know! Remember and understand that you are not the only person who has ever felt this way. Talk to the people you are closest too and ask them if they have ever had a similar experience and you will most likely find that we all go through similar situations. It is important to remember to respect ourselves and to think positively about ourselves. Others will take note and respect you for it.

It's the feeling of exposition. We all feel exposed in different ways. It is really important to try to comprehend how special you are in order to get over it. Everyone has been in this place. Just remember that not all people are bad and try to judge you. Those who do that, they use it as a way to gain attention. After a great amount of research, it is proven that most people whom judge others they do it to feel better with their own self and appeal for help because they are facing their own issues. It is not always your fault when others treat you bad, it may just be them. The fact that people are enable to understand how valuable you are makes them immature but definitely does not affect your value. Just don't forget to have faith in yourself and your abilities because I'm sure that you are lacking absolutely nothing in comparison to other people. Never give up on yourself because I believe in you!

Sometimes our minds play tricks on us. Is it other people laughing at us or is it we ourselves who feel we are being laughed at. Why..? Because we feel we are not good enough.... because we do not have courage to face our failures and try again .... because our ego has bloated so much that it has become a defence mechanism that stops us from venturing further . I guess each one of us have to sit down in a quiet spot and ponder why this feeling of being laughed at is an aura we feel around us.

When someone is not completely accepting him/herself then they alwys think that thw world is also not and that makes them to feel inferior about themselves which causes a lot of problems for them, some of them are like this that peolpe are laughing at them. So one should be confident about themselves and the first thing to do about it is accpeting yourself. Just do it and see the differences in yourself and then in the eyes of the society. And if even after that you feel the same then you will act differently on such situations. BE STRONG, BE YOU.