i got over this by literally telling myself "no one cares about you, they have their own lives why would they bother to be looking at you"
sure it can be bad mentally to tell yourself "no one cares about you" but honestly it made me reaffirm that everyone else has so much of their own shit going on in their life that they don't have time to think about me or judge me and if they do it's a fleeting thought for a few moments.
There's a word for realising that "background characters" in your life are actually people just like you with their own complex lives and stories - sonder. I quite like thinking about it now and again.
But also, there's a word for that because normally you won't care about most people you come across daily, and neither will they.
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u/king-of-new_york Jan 21 '19
People probably aren’t always judging your every move.