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I walk home from school by myself and occasionally there's a small family (a mom or dad or both, a small child and maybe their sibling if they have one) and they're all usually really loud and it just terrifies me. Like, my usual thought process in those situations is something like this:
'Do I have anything on my skirt? Or shirt? Wait, what if bystanders think I'm part of that family? Oh, no. Wait, what if these people can read my thoughts?'
(Note: that's something I think basically everytime I'm out in public and despite the fact I've been going to this school and known almost my entire class and slightly more people who are most likely my ex-classmates for around four years, I do have that thought at school, too)
'Oh, shit, maybe I should mentally scream to check. No, that would make me look weird if I turned around and checked to see if someone flinches/winces. Shit, shit. Maybe I should run? No, that might be rude. Fuck it, I'll just walk nervously home and hope they don't go the same way as me.'
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