Ridiculous Thoughts Anxious People Have - CollegeTimes.com

10 Ridiculous Thoughts Anxious People Have

These thoughts are all completely ridiculous when you look at them objectively and yet these are things that I get anxious about. Realizing that they're fucking stupid makes it a little easier, I sometimes laugh that I'm worrying about them. Some people reading this might get the same worries, if you don't have these specific ones it's better to just remember that people aren't animals waiting to pounce and judge you.

1. People laughing when you walk past

They were probably laughing before you got anywhere near them and in all likelihood it has absolutely nothing got to do with you. I mean they are walking together so they're probably friends, and friends laugh together all the time? But what if they aren't laughing at an in-joke? What if you walk weird and they all find it hilarious?!

2. Your Appearance

It's a windy day and a strand of hair just won't stay where you want it to and now everyone will think you look like a damned fool. You are wearing odd socks and you just had to choose the pair of shoes that don't come up to the ankle so now the whole world can see them. You mess.

3. When you aren't doing anything.

When you're waiting for someone to show up and it's just you standing on a busy street looking around. Every now and again people you notice someone looking at you. Why were they looking? What the hell were you doing wrong?

4. Eating around of strangers.

What if for years you've been eating weirdly for years and didn't know it? What if the your family and friends that have seen you eat were just too close to you to tell you? This group of strangers won't have any problem telling you!

5.Needing to use the bathroom

Not a chance that you're gonna go to the bathroom anywhere other than your house. You don't own that toilet and at some point very soon someone is gonna use it. What if you take the risk of taking a dump and someone is outside? They'll know that your shit doesn't smell like roses!

6. Your smell

You've been smelling your own scent your entire life and now you don't notice it anymore. What if you're naturally smelly? Shower and spray the shit outta yourself with Lynx until you are guaranteed to cover up any bad scent. What if now you have too much on because that can be just as bad!

7. Your Phone

Facebook, Tinder, Twitter, Snapchat you can't look at them in public because people will see what's on your phone. Of course they are looking at your phone, everyone is always looking for a chance to judge you!

8. Your Taste In Music

Now, obviously you shouldn't be blaring tunes when you're on the bus, if they wanted to listen to music they'd be listening to it. It's even worse when people have headphones in and you can still hear every word of it perfectly. You have to keep it real quiet and every now and again take out your earphones to see if you can still hear it. The quietness also means they won't be able to judge your taste in music. "Selena Gomez? Hahahahaha hey everyone look at this pleb!" Because there's nothing good about her....

9. Buying Something

Going up to the counter is a terrifying ordeal, especially when they give you back notes AND change so you have to hurriedly put your money into their sections in your wallet and grab your items. You can't take too long doing it so you panic. Take it from someone who's worked in a busy retail shop. Nobody behind the counter is ever going to remember you. We see hundreds of faces every single day and almost every one of them does something stupid. All we're thinking about is getting our break or what we have to do after we've served you. Nobody remembers if you slurred your words when asking for a bag or gave us the wrong amount.

10. Pictures

The most awkward thing in the world. Posing for a photo comes so easily to some people that it's sickening. We know we're beautiful and everything but when a camera is there we become the most unphotogenic people in the world. If you are going to take a photo take it when they don't know, they're usually the best ones anyway. When posing trying to figure out what to do with your hands is just impossible. Where do they go? What do I usually do with them? I'll just hover it over this girls shoulder instead of touching her, the camera won't pick up on it.