How do you feel when you're being stared at?

I don't like being stared too. I feel conscious especially if I am doing something then somebody is looking on me. I tend to lose my focus and concentration... Whatever the reasons of other person who's staring... I still don't feel comfortable.

hey don't feel bad, I have anxiety and I feel when I go out everyone is staring at me, for some reason I am able to just block them out, just keep my eyes forward and focus on what I am doing there and get it done. so yeah I rush to get out. but if there's rarely any people there I feel relaxed. when it is crowded it really tweaks me out, that's when I start to really rush to get out of the store. so your not alone. :P

Hi mjcookie :) Personally I also don't like being stared at. I get uncomfortable, uneasy, most of the time I tend to be pessimistic and I hate the feeling. Other times I'd find it so rude that I have this tendency to confront a person staring at me.. I've done this once to an acquaintance.. hahaha =) he stares at me and i came near to him and asked in a very superior tone why he is staring =) he said nothing and i said "next time please don't stare because it's not nice" hahaha.. =) and then i walked away.. hahaha =) I really don't like being stared it. I find it really mean and rude. Most of the time superior and egoistic people do that.. they stare at people as if they are the kings and queens of the world. Probably it's a defense mechanism.. I don't know.. I just don't know what's up with these people.

well, luckily i know the difference between merely looking and staring because quite frankly i'd be in a lot of trouble. i feel conscious, irritated and sometimes wonder if these people know staring is rude. i mean i dress properly and avoid anything loud or even dowdy in putting myself together. they say loud fashion and dowdy fashion both would catch attention so i am careful in dressing myself. so i believe many people still don't know that staring is bad.

I've teach my kids not to stare people as it meant rudeness. Its not a good habit staring at someone you don't know. Weather its attraction or simply curiosity, the person might be offended. I wouldn't mind though if that someone is a person I know as I can easily tell him/her whats wrong. But if it comes from a stranger, then I too would be offended. A would usually stare him/her back, my eyes would say to stop it or face the consequences. lol.

Whatever te reason for their staring, NEVER feel embarressed. All you do is just stare back. But make sure that the nasty and rude one that started this staring contest looks away first. Do not let people like that put you down in life. They are either rudely unmannered people or they just do not get attention themselves. Have a nice day.

So far the only things which bother me when people stared and laugh at me without saying a word I would interpret it as an insult. The other kind of stares which I notice is when i wear sexy dress and this man just keep on staring on my front and behind which is quite annoying as i feel being harass though I never spoke to them in a harsh word since they may just appreciate your beauty or in another way they are just plain perverts. I feel endanger when there are many groups of men staring at me and i am alone I feel like being threatened so i just walk away as fast as I could especially if those situation happen during the night that I have no companion. I also avoid riding public vehicles where I am the only passenger and their are a lot of men and I am the only female. I only feel being flatter when someone unknown greet me and even I do not know them they always smile even i keep simple so i just smile back to them just not to be label as a snob. As when you becomes too strict to those who love to stare at you may even get to annoy you the more you snob them.So their is no wrong to be friendly as long as you know its limitation.

I feel uncomfortable and then I check myself to see that nothing is out of place and if all is well I ignore it sometimes people do that just to see your reaction. Cool avatar how did u get it

I was once at the railway station waiting for my train. Countless people were looking in my direction. I was very uncomfortable. How could there be so many admirers,young and old men and women! I was quite embarrassed and then someone politely came to me and said. 'Madam will you kindly move. You are blocking the indicator!!' This could happen to anyone and we think someone is admiring us!

When a person stares at me, like i mean a real long stare, i would feel shy, but the easiet counter method i can give you is..... STARE BACK! that's what i do, evertime and the person who would stare at me would then back down! It's like i have a magical power, or was there something wrong with my face? either way, trust me it is the best way for me so far to counter it. But it if was a seducive stare or a attrated stare, it might not work, maybe i'm not really sure.

mjcookie, You are being a young and beautiful, naturally what you expressed the above said reasons are welcome, i do agree, one cannot able to tolerate such a nasty way of looking in different aspects immediatly one should get self-conscious naturally, just ignore it and proceed further to avoid complications.

I don't really mind people can stare at me if they want. They can take a picture if they want to. Well never mind about that one. People usually stare to see what kind of person you are they try to figure you out just by staring at you. People do this a lot you just have to get used to it. I already did even though before I did not like it one bit, but now I don't care. It's nice when people stare at me at least they want to stare so let it be. Well that's what I think at least.

hello,stand! when someone stared at me ,i would think my clothes isnot fit me today? or there is something on my face,or my hair is in a mess,hehe. but if i feel myself is in good condition right now,i think they stare me just because i'm charmed.

When someone stares at me I automatically think I have something on my face. I was an ugly kid and that has suck in my brain my entire life. I had no idea I was even remotely attractive till I moved away for college and boys started noticing me. But I get awkward when I see someone staring at me. I live in a pretty small world So I run into a lot of the same people over and over again. So I wounder if I have ever had an encounter this this such person staring at me before. It's happened.

Hey mj! You shouldn't be so shy! You are still young and should feel positive about the way you look and feel! I wish I were young again! I hate looking at myself in a mirror because I have aged so much! I would give anything to be at least 20 years younger and have people looking at me! Now when people look at me I think they are thinking "look at that old lady"! I wish I would have felt better about myself when I was younger and looked better, but I never believed in myself and my looks when I had the chance and now it is too late! Take what life has to offer while you have the chance! Don't do what I did! Wake up while you still have the opportunity because you can't make the clock go back! And I surely wish that you could!

OMG!!This happened to me some days back,when I was with one of my friend. A guy kept staring at me for quiet some times. So I stared back too.But I was looking at him quiet seriously. After a minute, I got so irritated that I discussed about it with my friend but in a loud voice. But that guy was reluctant,he kept staring. My friend, jokingly, said that "maybe he's got a crush on you". After that we just ignored him and walked away. This things really irritates me. I don't feel good when people puts such an attention on me. Yes, I become a bit self conscious too.

It does make me feel a little more self conscious about myself. i don't really like to be stared at by people. That's why I always feel uncomfortable when i am at a store or bank with a security guard in it. So I don't stare at people either because I know its not very polite.

Hi, When I catch people stare at me, I make myself believe that I am worth looking at, lol. That is the joke that I have with my daughter. We usually go together in malls and there are times that we catch people stare at us. My daughter seems to be bothered with that and I usually tell her not to mind it and just think that these people consider us attractive and beautiful, hahahaha. But, in a way, that bothers me especially that my life was on threat years ago.

That's rude. Staring at people like that is downright rude. There had been incidents of people here who got stabbed or shot for staring at people. Not everybody would love being stared at. There are some people who take it the negative way and, without questions, will just hurt you as a result. I do not want to be stared at like that, unless I am on stage performing. But on normal days, I would feel uncomfortable when someone will stare at me especially if I do not know him or her.

I'm a shy type of person and i know if there's someone looking at me. It made me feel self-conscious and wondering why there looking at me. Sometimes I catch them looking at me and I just pretend that I don't saw them.