Evil eyes and ugly glares - Depression Message Board

wannabehotguy · 07-04-2003, 08:33 PM

Even though I've come along way since the days of being in a bleek state of depression. I am in my early twenties and male and I so easily get depressed, fearful, anxious or angered or saddened when people give me evil eyes or ugly glares. Sometimes I just don't understand what the problem is! (I've been to several therapists and asked them if there was something about me that was just so annoying or ugly). I always get a response from them about how that people glaring at me are projecting a negative image onto me. These ugly glares and evil eye looks I get are pretty common and I feel down for hours or even days. For example: A month ago an acquintance and I met some muscians that lived near me. I wanted to make a good impression. So I began talking about music instruments and music playing. While my aquintance kept talking about his day of performing in a band once and going on and on about it. I kept getting the evil eye and glares from the two musicians when I spoke, while my acquintance continued to spin obvious lies about being a performer.

Anyways, I am a social and extroverted guy and my social reputation is important to me. Anybody else have a similar issue or possibly suggestions?

shorty24 · 07-04-2003, 09:40 PM

I used to be the same way. I always cared about what people thought about me and tried so hard to be accepted by everyone. Once I stopped caring about what others thought about me and worried about what I thought about myself, things got better. Now that people see that I don't care if they accept me or like me, they seem to want to be around me. A lot of people say I walk around with a chip on my shoulder, or I'm a *****, but it's not true. I just finally got tired of trying, and said if people don't like me for who I am, then who needs them. Now I have a lot more friends, and I enjoy life more. I wish you all the luck, and just remember, it's not important what others think of you, but what you think about yourself is the most important thing in the world.
Shorty24