Are you afraid of being stared at?
925689
No, it's just annoying. I get stared at all the time, but it's not on purpose, it's because i'm like 6'7'' tall. If you check the internet, I think there's a whole page of phobias listed.
1064554
YOU KNOW YOU ARE PARANOID WHEN YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE ARE TALIKNG ABOUT YOU. SOMETIMES YOU FEEL EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT YOU ONLY. AT TIMES, ON THE BUS AND TRAIN, WHEN I GET THAT CRAZY FEELING I LOOK AWAY OR GET REALLY DEEP INTO MY MUSIC. I TRY TO GET AWAY  FROM PEOPLE'S GAZES. PART OF THE REASON PEOPLE MIGHT THINK YOU ARE, IS CUZ YOU ACT NERVOUS AROUND CROWDS. I DO BUT I TRY TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING PLEASANT WHEN I FEEL LIKE THAT.
1040838
Yes, but I try to be discreet. I stare because I'm curious or fascinated. It's new or different, so it takes longer to get my mind around it, therefore I stare longer. Sometimes I stare when I'm repulsed. I saw this enormously fat man wearing a speedo in a hotel swimming pool. He cut his forehead somehow and kept using the pool water to rinse it. The blood was oozing down his face. I was so disgusted I couldn't stop staring. Sometimes I stare at other women who I think are just beautiful. I look at their clothes and hair, and face. It's just fun. Sometimes I stare at people with disabilities. I'm fascinated to see how they cope in this world. I try to be discreet, but likely, they can tell. I just can't help it though.
1002099
This is a problem that I have been battling with all my life. I believe you have to feel confident in who you are. You need to believe in yourself. It is hard I know but you need to start looking people in the eye. People will look away. Most people are like you, so I would say that you are normal. I know you feel bad, but believe me other people are just as timid as you are. You will get more respect when you look others in the eye.
327292
Good for you for not peeking. And no, I don't do it. I have looked at guy while with my bf, but not in that way. My eyes just happen to wander where someone happens to be and that person is sometimes a guy, and sometimes that guy looks at me when I glance and gets a weird look on his face and makes me uncomfortable, and at that point you don't want to look away, because you're kind of afraid you might hurt his feelings, (I don't know why this is) and so you might smile to be friendly, whether or not he's good looking, so that's one thing. Or am I just weird? I really don't like making people feel bad, I always have to acknowledge them. I'm guessing girls who really do do it on purpose, have many different reasons. To make their bf jealous, to see if you're looking, to check you out, etc.  Also if you're looking at the girl to begin with, she may just look back because she can feel your gaze and it creeps her out. I've done that too, when I've felt someone looking at me. It freaks me out when people stare at me. God I'm neurotic.
73126
if you look creepy and you look..they'll all think you're leering.
855665
Ask yourself this, "why would I stare at something all the time?"
1112243
why would they stare at u for?? r u naked? do u have 2 heads? do u talk from your belly?? \njust ignore them and have self confidence
437163
don't worry about him and try not to stare if you don't like what you are seeing.
999092
Personally, I try to look in the eye that is looking at me. I try to ignore the eye that's looking off somewhere.\nI have worked with several folks with eye problems - blindness in one eye, wandering eye, walleye - and after a few seconds it is easy to ignore.\nDon't stare or make a big deal. It is no more important to what makes them real people than the length of their toes or the shape of their earlobes (which are also pretty variable among people).\nThat's my .02 Ameribucks (unadjusted for inflation since 1959).
481482
Realize that no one else is as interested in your body as you are, and that almost everyone else has the same phobia (or did at one time).  I was more interested in getting myself clean and out of there than worrying about how anyone else looked - I bet most people are the same way.  If they're not - they're wierd.
299899
erm i think people will be scared to go near you... people are afraid of what they dont know
734687
Oh my, I feel sorry for you. I actually have the same problem - I hate it when people look at me. It just drives me nuts. Sometimes I ignore it, sometimes I turn and look back at them. Anyways, I'll check on the other answers later 'coz I need help with this too. Good luck!
1100480
no.... coming from a guy, if a guy is looking @ you, you catch him and he does not look away, he likes you. I mean he wouldn't be looking in the first place if he was'nt intrested right? It just means he is uh..... Not afraid ob being caught.
790367
I'd stare b'cuz you are devastatingly HOTT!!!!\nToo much for me!!!! You are extremely good looking!!!!
580367
They probably look at you like that because they know you can kick there butts, so they give you the stare, to let you know that if you come in fighting, they are not going to back down, even if you do want to fight and they lose.\n\nEither that, or you are reading it all wrong.  Why don't you find out their names and when you see them say hello.  That way they won't be worried about you, and won't feel the need to try and stare you down....
186526
POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE!\n\nTell yourself that yes, people are interested in you, they do want to hear what you have to say, and they want to hear it clearly and consisely. Practice at home. Rationalise the way you feel! Why are you scared, and what is the worst that could happen?\n\nIt is only by facing our fears that we eventually grow out of them.