Rembrandt Broam
Well-known member
I get this way far too often. What I really dislike is how much I do it over stupid trivial things.
For example, today was quite a warm day but a little breezy so when I left the house I put on a jacket. When I got to where I was going, as I was walking around, I noticed that most other people weren't jackets but just had teeshirts or shirts on and this made me start to feel really self-conscious about the fact that I was. Stupid, yeah? So then I am looking around, trying to find anyone else with a jacket on, because if I can't then everyone must be looking at me and thinking how much I stand out, and how much of an idiot I look. Eventually I had to focus hard on something else to get the thought out of my head, because once this kind of a thought takes hold with me it's very difficult to shake it.
For example, today was quite a warm day but a little breezy so when I left the house I put on a jacket. When I got to where I was going, as I was walking around, I noticed that most other people weren't jackets but just had teeshirts or shirts on and this made me start to feel really self-conscious about the fact that I was. Stupid, yeah? So then I am looking around, trying to find anyone else with a jacket on, because if I can't then everyone must be looking at me and thinking how much I stand out, and how much of an idiot I look. Eventually I had to focus hard on something else to get the thought out of my head, because once this kind of a thought takes hold with me it's very difficult to shake it.