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

Social anxiety is a disorder that can make us feel, hear, and see things that aren't there. Though someone may just be laughing at a joke, or something that happened earlier in their day, we assume as we walk past that they are laughing at us. We question how we look, or the way we act, and wonder what makes us stand out to be made fun of. What we need to recognize is that this is an irrational idea that causes insecurity and unhappiness within ourselves. People laugh, people stare, people whisper to the people with them, and we need to know that unless it's a hateful person with nothing better to do with their life but that, 9 times out of 10, it's our own mind playing tricks on us to think they're directing it towards us.

We, as humans, often are anxious about what others think of us, so it is not uncommon for us to feel this way. We often do not feel as though we fit in or are good enough for others, but those who you feel are laughing at you often feel the same way. Though everyone has different ways of overcoming this fear, it can be very hard and tedious and right after you think you have fixed it, it comes back again. It is easy to trick yourself into thinking others dislike you. It's all self confidence. Just do your thing and rock it :)

If you feel like people are laughing at you it's a conversation that needs much discussion to understand more. These symptoms could be signs of a much more serious condition and may need to be referred to a therapist

Everyone experiences this at some point in life! It's a very reasonable thing to be scared of, but just know that it doesn't matter what others think. You are you and that's amazing!

You feel like this because you're self esteem may be a little low and you think that you're being judged

This can be a difficult thing to experience and can lower your self esteem. Sometimes our thoughts are difficult to control which is fine. This is one of the main symptoms of social anxiety but in time you can overcome this. Sometimes if we already think bad of ourselves, we automatically believe others do too thus leading us to believe people laugh. Check out the social anxiety forums, there may be some helpful tips!

I believe this is possibly felt by one feeling paranoid caused by a low self-confidence/esteem. The anxiousness that can be caused because of lacking confidence can often times be extreme where one feels that others around them are silently judging/mocking them, even when they are not. This paranoia can infringe on ones ability to succeed at certain things when it overpowers them in a particular moment. Anxiety that causes paranoia can be crippling and create avoidance behavior when not able to be manage.

Maybe it is caused by a past traumatic experience. Maybe you were bullied and were used so much to people laughing at you and pointing out your flaws. You just have to think that it's all in your head, and that people aren't necessarily laughing at you. Maybe they're laughing at something else, maybe they didn't even notice you. Some negative events have scarred us much more than we think, so we have to stop focusing on them in order to be able to think clearly.

You may have some issues with your self-esteem and have social anxiety. Often those who have social anxiety feel self-concious.

You seem to have a deep fear of public embarrassment. You are constantly thinking about what would happen if you do something wrong