As a teenager at school I was picked on more by kids I didn't know. In a way I was actually less anxious if I was picked on by kids I DID know (although still got upset). So as an adult I still feel worse if I'm picked on or judged by strangers. Friends, family, colleagues, etc, are more aware of what's going on inside of you, even if some don't understand or pick on you for being different. But strangers just take one look at you and jump to conclusions, and when I'm in a crowded area I feel like 1,000 people are all thinking bad about me: "oh that girl looks a bit shy, but she looks normal otherwise and is not really standing out, but let's just stare at her anyway and make her feel self-conscious because she shouldn't look shy or nervous or anything, she should just look the way I want her to look, I can't deal with this, oh dear this girl who I'll never see again is really making my life a misery by looking shy".
(I say "shy" because I suppose those are the sort of vibes I give off, I don't know).
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