What have we got to prove? And to whom? We tend to over think a lot about what others think of us, especially while we’re growing up. But even later, we do succumb to the pressure of being “with it” and not left out, so to say. I, for one, used to be deeply concerned about the impression that I was conveying to people around, and the construct in their minds that they were probably building about me.
Gradually, by pegging away, and rousing up my confidence, incrementally, I was able to diminish, though not vanquish, this sense of worry about “what will people think?” The fear of missing out or FOMO is a huge factor at play in people’s minds today. The sense of not being one of the crowd, being left behind, being a laggard, is predominant in the minds of many socially conscious individuals. A sense of anxiety at the prospect of not being able to attend certain events is a needless negative vibe that we tend to generate from within ourselves.
By not having been at “that party” or “that concert” where our friends may have had a lot of back slapping fun, makes us feel rather morose. The friends don’t tell us of course that they went hungry the whole evening at the concert and had to walk for miles either way. They also don’t mention the jostling and hustling involved in the process of simply entering the venue.
They just want to feel the dopamine kick the next day as well by gushing unabashedly about the wow feeling of “last night”! And the poor FOMO p.
