Do you care what people's opinions are of you?

Question

I guess i care too much about what other people think about me, even if i hardly know them. how do you guys handle that?

Answer 1

of course i care, but it doesnt mean i'm insecure...
i just don't want to hurt other pple without me knowing it.
i'm very sensitive about this, coz i treasure my friends and i want them to do the thing on me.
for those i hardly know, i still care, first impression lasts as they say...

Answer 2

i annoy myself with how much I constantly think about what others think of me. My co-workers always telling me I'm too self concious. Wehn I was younger I checked out a personality quiz book from the library b/c I thought that stuff was so interesting. it said different things are important for different people... guess I was the kind that aims to make others happy. however to answer how i handle, I have no good answers to the "problem".... it almost seems its part of my nature to contantly contemplate the thoughts and feelings of others. I cant stop it, but little by little I can try to tell myself to just suck it up sometimes when I know someone doesnt approve of something about me for example, or I feel like someone is scrutinizing me or something, and just worry about myself and what I have to do. It's frustrating... but it's a part of me.

Oh and I totally think about what people i dont even know think of me... then again, I live in Japan right now, I think everyone does in some way here, it's part of their culture :-P

Answer 3

Not unless it's someone I really care about. If I hardly know them, I don't really care, but I might talk to them a little just to feel them out, see what they think of other people & if'`it's negative, then I figure they're negative about everybody. The only one whose opinion counts about u, is u. If u have a good opinion about yourself, nobody else matters.

Answer 4

It's hard really hard. What I do is not to say ANYTHING behind someone's back in school cuz it's a tremedous rosk that can ruin your image and make the comments about you negative. Always be good, it sounds really stupid but it really helps to avoid any rumors, nasty rumors fly around in school. Today I almost fell at my school's stairs and this guy thats a year older was there and like laughed at me, and I just laughed a little bit with him though I didn't know him. It's really hard not to think about what ppl think about you but well think about it this way those ppl that comment about you are extremely insecure of themselves and have a tremendous worry of what ppl think about them. So don't worry, just be good. Wish you luck.

Answer 5

sumtimes but i dont let it bother me too much. who cares what ppl think about u if it is negative. u should hav confidence in urself just brush those haters off u. if u keep wondering what ppl think about u then it will hold u back in life. whether u knw the person or not doesnt matter u knw who u r and thats what counts unless u knw u a mean greedy person or sumthin then u might hav to change ur attitude. if ppl think u ugly then tell them the bottom of yah shoe looks better than them or sumthin. if u a nice person than keep it up. but what ppl think of u doesnt matter ur in control of ur life not them

Answer 6

I do sometimes but then I think why should I? I'm me and I like who I am so screw all those other people. Most of the time the folks who have nasty things to say about who you are or what you do are just insecure about themselves and the only way to make themselves feel better is to make you feel bad.

Answer 7

I don't give a crap about what others think of me, really, I just don't care. I have never cared, so I don't know how to help you. The one thing I could suggest is just not let it get to you, ignore it and move on.

Answer 8

Not really, I used to very much, but I started thinking that not everyone was going to like me and that as long as i accepted myself i shouldn't care what other people's opinons were of me. I do care what my family and friends think of me, though ^_^.

Answer 9

As long as you are a good person, who cares what "they" say/

The Dude is cool, so he doesn't worry about what others have to say about him. Hopefully it's all good, man.

If they don't like you, then don't hang with them, you know?

Just remember what The Dude's Best Friend says: "Rule No. 1 to Easy Living: Let It Go." Can't go wrong with that.

The Dude.

Answer 10

I really don't care what others think of me. I am happy with myself and my life. I wasted too much energy during my life worrying about what others thought of me. Now that I am older I won't waste any more of my time or energy like that.