I (29f) recently moved to a bigger city. I made this move coming from a major city but of smaller scale. For the sake of biased opinion I want to leave out which cities I’m referring to. Anyway I feel I’ve adjusted just fine. However recently I was off work for a month. During this month I didn’t go out a whole lot and just relaxed for the most part. After returning to work I have suddenly developed a huge level of irritation whenever I’m stared at. I would say I’m stared at all the time, everywhere I go for my entire life. This has never really bothered me. I’m used to it. However I can attest I’m stared at more in my new city. It wasn’t until now that I suddenly realized how often I’m stared here. And to be frank, it’s making my blood boil. I’m even stared at at work constantly. It’s making me unreasonably irritated now. To a point where I don’t want to leave the house, I’m in a bad mood as soon as I get to work, and it’s a complete chore to go anywhere. Simply because I don’t want to be perceived. I feel myself irritated by it all the time. Completely fed up and on edge by it. Now I could not tell you why I am being stared at. I honestly have no idea. It could be anything. The point is I’m stared at constantly and I can’t take it anymore. Just today I was waiting for my food at a take out place and legit left because everyone kept starring at me and I just couldn’t deal with it. What do I do? Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a social issue? I’m honestly at a loss and Im just so sick of it.
TL;DR I am getting stared at constantly and it’s affecting my livelihood, causing me to get insanely irritated daily, need advice.