How does being SEEN *QQ* make you feel?

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I am perhaps a bit of a masochist on this front...? I hate being noticed; I’m nothing bad to look at; I just hate it. But if someone is to notice me, I want for them to notice that I am different, so I dress very strangely, which draws attention... My favorite prop is a black, leather cowboy hat; and that’s just for starters.

I find eye contact painful; I get the threat response; but I force myself to do it often as a personal test of strength; there is a demon I can at least try to face, quite literally. I wear mirrored shades a lot to hide and cheat (and I live near Seattle, so wearing shades in and of itself is weird).

I want to start a fashion trend where wearing full-face helmets/masks is not considered entirely freakish. I want to be Boba Fett, Samus Aran, Batman, the Silver Power Ranger, the Predator hunter, the Vorlon. I'm just crazy enough to perhaps try something like that at a grocery store, at least; of course with my luck, they'd think I was angling to rob the place of something...

I'm rather put off by the thought that one someone is looking at my physical form, they are not really seeing me. Look at my avatar, sitting there staring at you. Make eye contact with my iconic self. What does it tell you about me? About who I am, what I am like, my dreams, my passions, my hopes, my fears? What might I be thinking about? How many universes do you think are hidden behind my eye, my facade, my wall? What you see there is not really me; it is just a conduit for me to access this place, this world, this life.

Good fortune,

- Icarus considers the bones and skin around his brain to be a mask...

I don't like being noticed, but the way I'm dress probably brings it about more than otherwise.



Hopeless. I can't sustain it without getting nervous or losing my train of thought.



I'm normally very tense when out in public. All the noises and people make me nervous. If things quiet down, I calm down.

I'm tired of being stared at all the time. When I walk my dog or go to the store, men stare at me unabashedly. Maybe some women would find this flattering, but really don't care if other people find me attractive. I would rather be unattractive if it meant I would be unnoticed. I hope this doesn't come across as vain; I'm just being honest.

I often get very uncomfortable when people are looking at me. Especially out places.

Are you ok with being out there and noticed by others?

Out there? As in the focus of everyone's attention? No, I'm not ok with being the focus of attention.

I am ok being seen or looked at, most of the time. But sometimes someone's look can upset me greatly, not a stare just a quick look. I don't know why. Other people could look at me at the same time, but that one persons look pisses me off... Weird.

How are you with making eye contact? Do you feel comfortable or does it trigger you to no end?

I can look at people in the eye for a bit, but I'll get uncomfortable and glance away, which draws their attention to where I glanced off at. They'll usually get the idea that I'm not interested, usually I'm not, but sometimes I am and I wish they'd keep conversing with me. I can't help looking away, if I try to force it my eyes water up.

i would prefer just to blend in and not be noticed...but that doesn't always happen.
as for eye contact, i don't really like it, especially with people i don't know or hardly know. this was especially bad when i was job hunting and had to sit through countless interviews...it was sooo hard to maintain eye contact, and then when i found i couldn't, i thought that i must look really suspicious or like i was lying about whatever had just been asked of me...could be why it took so long for me to get my current job...

I couldn't have said it better.

Whoever made the rule about looking people in the eye annoy me. Who do they think they are saying that people that dont make eye contact are rude or might be lying. We could say that they are rude for staring into our eyes. Why dont they try not staring at us instead of us trying to make eye contact . Also they make it hard for us to get a job because of it

It freaks me out!! I don't like being in public and noticing the 'stare'. I just keep on going.