I feel like people see me the way I see myself. Which is a person who is lazy, not enough, unsuccessful or someone not to have the characteristics like me. That gets me anxious. Focus on others is what one must do. Or get busy helping someone. Those two qualities are great until my reality sinks in. Usually in the morning my anxiety hikes uphill. I spend the next daily hours trying to distract myself by reading, writing, or caregiving, raising an 18 year old, T.V. and music. I prefer to be quiet. Isolation for me is not lonely. It is peace. Talking to people makes me anxious. I want to  rest well at night. I prefer to be still anyway. Sleep is my comfort.

I imagine I want people to not see me like I think they do. That would be my answer.