Always worried about what others think

Hello everyone. I feel silly even posting about this as I know it's so ridiculous, but this is something I ALWAYS, ALWAYS dwell on. I'm constantly worrying about what others think of things I've said or done - mostly just said. I also get so angry over something simple as someone I know not smiling when I've passed them at a store and especially at work. I had a coworker give me such a dirty look yesterday when I just asked her a question. It was in front of other coworkers as we were in a meeting. I have to add in that I'm not sure she heard my question the first time, when she turned around hatefully (what I think was HATEFUL) and said, "What?". I then asked my question, and she was fine. We continued to talk. What's the problem, right?? Well, I thought about that one second situation for the rest of the night, and here I am today still angry about it! I cannot just let it go. I'm not sure if I'm mad that it was in front of everyone - again being worried about what everyone else thought - or her eat sh** look she gave me. I've never had a problem with this coworker, however, there is something about her I'm just not fond of. Maybe that's aggravating this whole ordeal OR...........it's just me and my mind!! Why am I unable to just blow this off? Why did it even get to me in the first place, and why can't I just let it go?? I guess my "subject" probably could have been "Getting aggravated easily", also.

You are not alone. I am myself acutely aware of what others think and that hampers me quite a bit. I always worry what others think of me. Somehow I couldn't stop this feeling all these years. I always imagine that the others watch my gestures, words and mannerism minutely and they get amused by it. Thankfully, I am now trying to deliberately create a devil-may-attitude (at least outwardly) and pretend that whatever I do is deliberate. That way, they may think that I am a touch arrogant and aloof, but I can live with it. As for remembering every single bad thing that happened, I know it is not that easy to forget. I have similar issues when someone hurts me. But I try to blot it out of my mind so that after a few days, I even forget the details of that incident. In your case, it appears that your co-worker misheard you and so the hostile reaction. Not your fault of course, but neither is it hers. Hope you get over it. Worthless things like that are best forgotten.