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Meh. A lot of times we all just vastly overthink things and have a predisposition to anxiety. When I’m having a moment I suspect that’s what’s really going on. The reality is far more mundane than the worry we often have.
Sounds like you may be somewhat embarrassed to be out and forward with your interests and who you are. The best way I’ve found to deal with it is to adopt the mantle of “that guy” and own it. A lot of others feel the same way internally and we invest an inordinate amount of time doing our best to “keep up appearances” of being a certain way, which is why we all look so ordinary on the outside. But just try being you more often instead of covering for yourself. Doesn’t mean you have to be up in the face of others. It just means you don’t put yourself away when you state something that sets you apart from someone else. Someone comes up to you and says “… you’re weird…,” you say, “… yeah, I try to be…” / “… as opposed to what, being boring?…,” etc. Let them process their own look of stupidity on their face.
Once we’ve progressed beyond the primitive stage of mind reading technology, I think you’ll find a of people have internalized worries like this and it isn’t so much a ‘you’ thing.
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