hasunoha

Fear of someone listening to my conversation

I met a friend from my school days after a long time.

A lot of conversation was exciting, and we talked a lot while moving around the city.

I talked about my recent kids and my kid's school (parents, etc.), but I came home and said, “What should I do if someone I know is actually behind me when I'm walking and talking, and they listen to me. I have a strong sense of anxiety about “what should I do if they don't like me.”

I was walking and talking with my friend about the neighboring prefecture, and the story was about people like this, not saying names or directly speaking ill of anyone.

It's crowded at the train station, so it's only a moment to pass by anyone, and you don't know how far you can hear the conversation when you're behind.

I'm so anxious that I don't want to go to school.

Even if they ask, it's irretrievable, but how should I spend my time feeling?

I live my life being extremely concerned about people's eyes.

4 Zen Responses

Do you remember what someone said something uncertain that goes over your head

It would be scary if there were spies. But who cares about small talk like this?

I stopped by supermarkets and convenience stores today. It was crowded with lots of customers. But I haven't heard anyone talking. I wonder why... I wonder if they didn't care about anyone and just focused on products for the purpose of shopping.
I also often ride trains. It's a crowded train, but after all, what people around me are talking about just goes over my head, and I don't remember.

What about you? You moved around the city, didn't you? Do you remember the words or content someone was talking about?
Even if you hear it, it's uncertain, let alone spread to schools. It's fine. Let's rejoice in the fun time.
It's wonderful to have friends from school days together. I would like to keep on good terms with each other from now on. It will make you feel refreshed.

Anyone can ask you if it's something you can talk about to your friends

If it's a secret you have to take to the grave, you probably won't be able to tell your friends in the first place.
As long as the content is enough for a friend to talk to, no matter who asks you, it's fine.
In the first place, everyone has the right to express their opinions and true intentions, so you can live by saying what you want to say.
What you think is actually what many people in the world think.
Even if someone who is the target of criticism hears it, the fact that you and people in the world think so won't change, so I don't think it's something you keep a secret.
Of course, it would be out of place to talk about personal superiority etc. that you have learned in the course of your duties to people outside of the workplace, but that's not the kind of content.
So it's fine.
It's no use worrying about trouble that hasn't happened yet

I read it.
I read that you are talking about various recent things with friends in other prefectures and you feel uneasy if someone else listens to that story. I don't know the details about you or the people around you, but I really understand that you feel uneasy.
I feel like I can also understand the feeling of thinking about what to do when you suddenly come back to yourself and are asked that kind of question. While we're talking casually, I feel like I can understand that various real intentions and complaints have come up, and I feel anxious thinking about what it would be like to be asked such a thing.
I think there is also an awareness that makes me look back at myself. There are times when I actually say very terrible things in casual conversations, and there are times when I say things covered in discrimination and prejudice when other people listen to them.
Once again, there are times when I feel such foolishness ingrained in my body.
Why don't you use it as an opportunity to look back at yourself rather than what if people were listening.
I sincerely pray to the Buddha, gods, and ancestors so that you can take a firm look back at yourself and grow healthily in the future, so that you can cherish relationships with people around you and share happiness from the bottom of your heart. And I will support you from the bottom of my heart.

Please don't deny your own frightened heart and gently embrace them

I have read the contents of your consultation. Shall I answer this for the second time?
It's easy to have anxiety, and it was said that they also have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Even if you know in your head that “the probability is low” or “it's fine,” bad imaginations spring up one after another, and the pain of anxiety burning and spreading as you try to put out that fire is indescribable.

In Buddhism, there is a term called “delusion (already elephant).” We often spend our time being frightened not by the “fact” in front of us, but by the “phantom story that hasn't happened yet” created by our mind without permission. The story “If You Were Listened to Me” may just be an illusion created by your delicate mind.
Also, even if it had caught someone's ear, it was a farewell relationship between neighboring prefectures that they would never meet again. Like river water flowing, that moment of conversation has already faded into the past.

No human being can live simply by being clean and right. Sometimes they make weak sounds, and they also complain, and that is just the way a person with “anguish” looks like. The Buddha does not deny the weakness of such human beings.
“It's OK to be anxious.” “It's OK to think I'm scared right now.” In that way, don't deny your own frightened heart; just gently wrap it around you.
The reason you care about people's eyes is because they are so kind that you don't want to hurt them. Please forgive yourself and let them rest little by little.

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