Afraid of looking stupid

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I do feel like that but not so much as I used to do.

It did actually make life very difficult for me for a very long time and I'm not the most confident person in the world to start with, believe it or not.

You look like a normal person to me. I doubt anyone would noticeboard like that because it happens to a lot of people.

One thing that helps me is this true saying. "Always remember that your worst humiliation is just someone else's passing amusement" I'm other words, nobody remembers that stuff.

Btw, just s as w your message. Got a new phone. I responded. Hope it went through, I've been having trouble with the phone

I used to feel that way when I was younger, I used to think people were talking about me behind my back, but now I'm older I don't really care.

You're sorely mistaken here. When I was in high school, I said something really stupid a week into my freshman year, and publicly to boot. I was floored by how many people remembered that phrase verbatim just days before graduation 4 years later. Needless to say, I didn't dare show my face at reunions. Not that I had a good reason to, but still.

Perhaps your statement applies only to adults, in which case, you just might be right. But if you take literal thinking into account, "nobody" should apply to all humans living on this sorry excuse for a planet.

Considering that she is an adult and I'm talking about now, yeah. Adults. As for school stuff,everybody does something stupid and memorable but it's just a funny story now. And yes I was bullied badly but I remember funny things they did and some I did too. Pretty much everybody can laugh at themselves as kids.

This happens to me quite a bit. In situations with a lot of people around, I freak out and think everyone is watching me. The reality is that almost no one cares, and I've used this to help me deal with these stressful situations.

The reason I get worried about being center of attention is because I do get stared at a lot when just walking in a town. I don't look at strangers but I see their stare in my periphery. So it has made me paranoid that everyone's always looking at me, as if I look really really weird.

OliveOilMom, thank you for your post, and for complimenting me in photos you have seen of me.

Hypno-Therapy might be able to help you overcome such Phobias.

Otherwise you could try the Rife-Frequency method of using Binaural-Beats/Isochronic-Tones...

I have this set to loop 8x for a total of 8 hours so you can listen to it whilst sleeping.
Binaurals usually work best with Stereo Headphones (drop the volume enough so that it's more of a low-humming rather than loud blasts of sounds). Always drink plenty of water and, from the comments that I have read of people who have tried Binaural-Beats for other conditions, they often say that they notice results after a couple of weeks of daily listening sessions (anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours worth of listening although one could listen for more or longer as long as plenty of fresh/purified/filtered drinking water is being consumed).