I never talk loudly on my cell phone, especially on the bus, so that the people around will have no idea what the conversation is. Actually, I rarely talk loudly ever, whether I’m just in class or walking down a street, because I don’t want people around to know what I’m thinking. I avoid trying on clothes because I’m scared people will know that I’m thinking about buying a certain pair of pants. I hate asking about an item on a menu because someone will know that I’m considering a certain food. I almost never run for the bus, because if I miss it, I’m afraid that someone will know that I wanted to catch that bus.
I suppose that it’s a little different from what people get to know of me on a day to day basis. My clothes and my elocution are both ways in which I express myself, but these are both things which have been decided on beforehand. It’s the unconclusive situations that make me nervous. I think I’m just scared that people may think that I’m slow.
It’s funny that my mind considers such a thing. I generally don’t care what other people think (unless I respect them, in which case an opinion becomes overly important), so why this? Perhaps I’m just sensitive about my intelligence.
I hate it when people know what I’m thinking.
