Do you really care what others think of you? Why?

[ohiosmith]

I don't. Haven't since I was a kid.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Only you. But you love me.

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[ohiosmith]

4. :

:hi:

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I want everyone to like me...

and get quite miffed if someone doesn't...it's a deep seeded insecurity but I can't do a thing about it. However it's more of an internal thing, I act like I don't care, but I really do

[Mutley]

3. Only people I know and care about.

Everyone else can go to hell.

[reyd reid reed]

5. I used to.

Not so much as I get older. Unless, of course, someone doesn't like me.

:hide:

[crim son]

6. Occasionally.

I am paranoid about being thought of as a stupid woman. Other than that no, not really.

[Ariana Celeste]

7. Not a whole lot.

I care what those close to me think, of course- won't let it control me, but I care. But if I don't know you, I couldn't care less.

[BarenakedLady]

8. Depends

on how I feel about them. If I like, love, care about them, of course. If I don't, then no.

[johnnie]

9. I never really have given a shit.. but then again....

I have a problem with it if it is causing someone some trouble. Also, if someone doesn't like me because of a rumor or bullshit, then I would rather set the record straight and if you still don't like me, then I don't give a fuck.

But basically, no.. I am cool with myself, so if someone has a problem with me, then that's their hang up..not mine.

[azmouse]

10. I care a little.

I want to be thought a good and caring person. And if I fall short of being the person I want to be sometimes, I'd like to be forgiven just as I would forgive others.

[Phillycat]

11. The people to whom I am very close.

They know me well, and can gently point out when I am on the wrong path.

As for total strangers, fuck 'em. :D

[some guy]

21. ah, that's the secret...

for getting total strangers to like you, eh?

I'd always wondered...

:rofl:

:hi:

[Alexander]

12. Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

If they've shown themselves to have a functioning brain and heart, then usually yes.

However I have limits. I will only take so much shit before I will begin to dish it back out, and with some people, that involves not caring about what they think.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

13. Only if it's someone I personally care about. Otherwise, FTW.

[cwydro]

14. Nope.

Except for Mom and Dad.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Because, as someone pointed out to me just a few minutes ago

we need to see ourselves as others see us.

If someone I respect is critical of something I do or say, I'm obligated to consider it as it might make me a better person.

[Writer]

16. No. I absolutely do not. At all.

There was a time that I did, but that is loooong gone.

[Taverner]

17. Looking glass self

You see yourself as you think others see you.

That is the way it is.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. i care somewhat. but not very much.

[China_cat]

19. My grandmother taught me not to by

constantly saying 'what will the neighbors think' whenever I'd do something she didn't like. I was 16 before I finally said 'I don't give a shit what the neighbors think'. And realized from then on that if I worried about others' opinions I wasn't taking care of myself.

[Deja Q]

20. I shouldn't.

And these days it's increasingly easy to speak my mind regardless of others want to hear. I have beliefs, based on actions against me in my past, and I have a right to say them. Especially if people look into them and deliberate over the core problems; and not symptoms like me who will never get to live a normal life because of them.

[philosophie_en_rose]

22. Of course.

The key is perspective. Is the information true or not? If yes, deal with it. If not, don't bother.

[some guy]

23. I think no...

but I do try to be the best me I can around people.

I think that's more for maintaining my own self-esteem though.

:shrug:

[Nikia]

24. Yes, because I was raised with poor boundaries

And haven't quite gotten over that yet. Anytime anyone says anything bad about me, it automatically feels like it is true and that I am unworthy because of it.

[InvisibleTouch]

25. Not in the least. n/t

[GenDem]

26. Major people pleaser...

and have been my entire life. Yes, I care what people think, but I have gotten a little better as I get older about not abusing myself in the process.