Do you worry about what others think of you? - if so, why is what others think of you important?

I do. Not because I feel like their opinions are important to my self-worth but because I have always been very bad at noticing when I am pissing people off.

Deep down I am always fearful that no one likes me and they just put up with me. Apparently this is common for people who are neurodivergent.

Learning that someone is upset with me and I unintentionally did it breaks my heart. If I hurt someone accidently I feel miserable.

Being diagnosed so late has left me with so many years masking trying so hard to be normal, a deep fear that no one actually loves me for me, just out of obligation and that all I am good for is work.

So though I am working through all of that, I am still very much concerned about what others think of me.