Does anyone else get worried about how their actions are interpreted by others? Generally I’m comfortable being myself and come out of my shell pretty quickly. 

For example, if I tell someone I’m having a bad day I’m just getting it off my chest. Some people interpret this open vulnerability as “this person’s having a mental break down” 

I can accept that I can’t help the way people see me. It just makes me worried that people can get the wrong idea. I’m fortunate enough to have friends who understand me, I think I kinda expect everyone else to understand me in the same way. 

I don’t want to alter my behaviour due to risk of being misunderstood, I want to keep being myself. Recently I’m processing my emotions after a break up from a toxic relationship. My best friends know I’m okay and dealing with it all by getting it off my chest, but the people who don’t know me very well have a different impression - one that I know doesn’t match up with how I feel inside. 

I guess I’m sensitive to being doubted, or the projection of other people. 

(Please don’t comment if you know my ex)