Re:Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first ...
by ljf on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:23AM
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Exactly this - as a teen I was rather paranoid about what people thought of me.
One day I woke up and realised that view was rather self centred - most people didn't care at all, as they had there own stuff going on.
I still had that niggling feeling of concern of what others thought of me, but turned this I to a positive and drove myself to do some rather interesting and creative things in terms of my look/style and the activities I took part in.
It worked for me as I was freed from worrying, (but also to a degree pleased when those I did care about, noticed).
One day I woke up and realised that view was rather self centred - most people didn't care at all, as they had there own stuff going on.
I still had that niggling feeling of concern of what others thought of me, but turned this I to a positive and drove myself to do some rather interesting and creative things in terms of my look/style and the activities I took part in.
It worked for me as I was freed from worrying, (but also to a degree pleased when those I did care about, noticed).