Do you care what others think about you?

I think to some extent we would all be lying if we completely said that we don't care what others think about us. Of course we care. However, there is a thin line between caring and becoming obsessed with what other people think. People, are people, are people. They will always have their own thoughts and viewpoints and opinions on everything. So, if you aspire to please everyone around you guess what you're letting down the one person who actually does matter- yourself.

In my opinion,it is a contradiction.If somebody cares too much what others think,he/she will be very tired to think about it and suffer a lot.However if somebody do not care what others think at all,he/she may be self-serving ?hurt others or be islanded from others.We are all living in an public,so it is important to search a balance point ,which we care what others think but not too much.

yep..I do take others opinion..but that doesnt mean I give much importance to them..we should take others opinion to some extent..and i take only those comments which I feel is okay.. IF people are criticising ot the core tand that isnt bothering me..then i wont give much importance to them..! we should give importance to others' words and should consider it but you should not be scaed of wht others think about you..!! you should know how much to value others..!!!

in my opinion, as long as you know who you are and you are confident of yourself, it wouldn't matter if others criticize you. There are others who would always be that way, be jealous for what you have, for your job, your confidence, etc.. as long as you don't hurt others, i don't bother with my time thinking about them. Like you, there are only few in my circle that matters what they think of me, my family and a few chosen friends.

My father says that if somebody is talking about you then think that you are making progress in your life. Some critics brings you good than bad, only thing is take them positively never take them to heart. In my case critics brought the best in me and challenged me to do something which i seldem can. If people are jelous of you then you must feel happy that you are giving them some thing to jelous about. Of all the people in the whole world I only value to the good opinion of my parents, siblings, very best friends and My favourite uncle. And Iam sure that i will have theirs till my last breath. To the rest of the world to hell what they think about me.

To Hades with what other people think!! :P Keep a positive outlook and life and people will always think highly of you ;)

actually it depends on the very situation. if I think that what I am doing is right for me, & my decission will not harm anybody then I must go through it. but if any situation arises where other people are affected with my decission then I must think again on it. after all we are social persons. I know the fact that I can't please everybody & I don't try to do it either.but I really don't care about what other think about me. becoz I have to do what is the best for me.

sometimes, but my opinion is whatever they want to think about is not actually my problem if they think something bad about me, well its their choice but if they think good about me so well and thanks for them, in short whatever others want to think about me is up to them as long as i live a clean life and hurt no one, beside their not giving food to eat and clothing to wear, im working for my family and living for my family not for other people... as long as i know am on the right side i didnt really care what they think about me..

I have many friends,but only several ones are my true friends. They can give me some advise when i have no ideas or i have made a wrong thing.They always give me some good advise and i really care what my true friends think about you.

I don't usually care of what other people may think about me, they can have freedom observing my own personality and can say whatever they want to say...but just one thing though, I will never let anyone put myself down nor my put some damaging when it comes to my own dignity and personal life because as far as I am concerned, I know who I am and the kind of person I am...so, there should be nothing I worry about if what people thinks of me.

no way , people are not our masters and also they can not be best judge in making some conclusion about your doings,however parents alone are exception. They are real guardian

I don't really care what people think about me, I really don't have enough time to. Who cares if someone doesn't like what they see, maybe they just ought not look!

i think its ok sometimes, but if you're compromising your happiness or the happines of the people that matters most to you, then its not worth it. you may coma across to others as a nice guy or the cool guy, but at the end of the day you'll be lonely and miserable. a good self image is important, but a happy person looking back at you when you look in the mirror is an image far more valuable and satisfying.

I remember our teacher in high school telling us about a theory in psychology, though i forgot who's theory it was, it was about a window divided into four, where the 1st was the things you know and others know about you. the next was the things you know that others don't know about you, like a secret. the third was the things others know, but you don't know about yourself, and the last was the things you and others don't know about you. I don't really remember the discussion but i think it had something to do with character, self-esteem and attitude. I personally would like to know what's behind my 3rd window so i could improve myself, but its hard to get it out of your friends as they are cautious not to hurt you.;-) As humans we are susceptible to make mistakes as by nature we are imperfect and that is what drives as to thrive, so criticism is here to stay. And as a society everyone is affected by everyone else. I'm being a hypocrite if i say that i am not affected by what others think of me. I think its ok to mind what others say and i think were old enough to know which ones are true, its one way of knowing yourself through other peoples eyes. You get to know your strengths and weaknesses. In that way you can improve yourself. You'll get criticized especially if your popular. As other people consider it a hobby to criticize. Think of it as a point to your popularity if others talk about you, coz they spent their time just to talk "about you", doesn't that make you feel better about your self knowing that someone has been watching you, as not everyone has the privilege to be noticed? So just take and endure what others say and you'll prove, not only to them but to yourself, how strong you are.

Well, may be i am paranoic. I am over sensitive more about the bad talking behind my back :-( I know that theese people are not important for me in fact, but when i am flooded with hiden or direct negative energy arround, this makes me exausted or in bad mood. I dont try to fix their bad opinion, just close myself more to any contacts.

Well... to be honest, in the past i was always affected by what people where thinking about me and it was making me change into a bad person , a slick person but that's not the way i wanted to be, in the last years i started to care what i think about myself and how i want to be, i`m not interested anymore about what others think(with a few exceptions like my mother, father...)

Hi lightninStrike! Not really. I do what i want to do and waht i am comfortable doing. I do not worry as to what others would think.

I admit that I'm a kind of person who easily gets hurt if anybody says anything harsh to me or anything which I never want to listen.And seriously speaking I can't help myself.Though their always remain at the back of my mind that I didn't need to care what people says or thinks about me.As I'm what I'm so their is nothing to worry about anything but sometimes its really do hurts a lot.

no, i don't care. since i know that i have not offended or wrong anyone. i feel good whenever people talk about me.

different people have different opinion and perception towards a same thing.the positive opinion i will think about it,while other nonsence wont affect me.i do not aspect every people will like the way i do,at long as what im doing is not against the law.