Sigh...

[jennythereader]

I can't help but feel slightly paranoid when I hear stifled/muffled laughter near me.

I really thought that by 11+ years out of high school I would have been able to lose some of those behaviors & thought patterns which were survival traits then, but shouldn't be needed in the real world.

Comments

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

I'm the same. I also have a similar reaction when I walk by a couple of people who are together and hear giggles after I've passed.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that bugs me too.

[dwarven-brewer.livejournal.com]

(un)Fortunately survival traits like that take a good long time to remove them. It took me a long time to eliminate those same reactions. And I still get occassional 'twitches' of the same.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

These days it's only a strong feeling when I'm already feeling self-conscious about something.

For example, the recent changes to my hairstyle.

[curlyeric.livejournal.com]

With only three people in my room I always get edgy when my boss and coworker are speaking at a volume low that sounds like whispering. Makes me feel like they are scheming against me.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

That would make me edgy too.

[stefka.livejournal.com]

Still gets me, too, occasionally, and I'm farther out of high school than you are.

[jennythe-reader.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to think that the best I can hope for is that the frequency will continue to decrease.