So,

if someone laughs when you're walking around in the store,

at the mall,

walking down the street,

do you ever think they're laughing at you?

I hope not.

It's a terrible way to feel.

I have been so self-centered in my earlier life that I was always cringing when I

would hear someone laugh because I thought they were laughing at me.

I don't think that anymore.

I let people be happy on their own without having to use me as fodder for their humor.

There's something about being overly sensitive that

that is kind of narcissistic.

And I didn't realize that until I started to stand on my own two feet of identity.

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