There's no such thing as too much thinking. There is, however, thinking of the wrong things, or from the wrong point of view. For example, if you are worrying about something, you can't really analyze it objectively. But if you can put yourself above the worry and into real thinking, real looking for a solution, or an honest appraisal of how likely the thing you are worried about really is, that's productive.
However, I don't see the connection to that and your "banner" question, "What makes people uncomfortable in the face of other people?" I think that's mostly recognizing that people do evaluate what you look like, what you say and do. You become concerned that they are going to evaluate you negatively, often because there is one or more areas where you evaluate yourself negatively, and can't see past that. For example, I am morbidly obese. Not just fat, but great big fat. Some people make a whole set of assumptions about fat people and apply them to me, and the result is they don't like me. They may pity me, or they may be repelled by me, but they just cannot like me.
I had to learn to accept that was the case. I have done my share of dieting, and I know the reasons why I am so heavy now, and I choose to say heck with it, it's more trouble than it's worth, now that I am so old dating and mating are no longer an issue. That doesn't mean I don't care about my health, or that I like the weight I'm at; it just means that I recognize that my bum ticker means I have to be careful about exercise, and my lousy digestion limits what I can eat, and I just don't go further than that at this time. I wear the results of years of mistakes, when I was young enough I might have done more. So it goes.
The people I really feel bad for are those who literally can do nothing to change what is turning someone else off: facial scars, or a skin color they have been taught to hate, etc. You just have to get used to the fact that NOBODY (not even Johnny Depp!) is loved by everyone. You do the best you can and don't take it personally. Chances are if someone is evaluating you negatively, it says more about them than about you.
Relax, and stick with the people who are good to you.
2006-10-07 05:42:54
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answered by auntb93again 7
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Thank you for answering AuntB, hopefully he takes your advice, but you could have let him know he was in the wrong category, wonder how he feels now. 1, I'm embarrassed or 2, who cares someone helped me out today. Say thank you to AuntB now.
2006-10-09 13:01:20
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answered by lin 6
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