[LucyD]

Besides having a tic people have mentioned certain looks I give them but not specifically what it is. I have never seen the looks in the mirror but I am guessing I am glaring angrily at them at times and my eyes also look in weird manners into peoples eyes. When I sense I am looking at people this way(they often looked scared) I look away and try to adjust my eyes by closing them and trying to look with a softer look. It doesn't always work. I wonder what is causing this. I don't know if it is another OCD thing but don't know how to classify this one. I don't intentionally do it and don't want to scare people. I don't seem to do it to everyone. It happens a lot and way more than the tic does. I don't know the answer to this. I feel like a big meany. Any ideas about this?

[MusicLover82]

I wonder if it is a stress/anxiety thing. Are you stressed at the time that people say you make these faces/ glares? It's hard not to make faces if you're feeling upset or stressed about something. It doesn't sound specifically OCD, but it sounds like an anxiety thing which is part of OCD.

[LucyD]

I really shouldn't feel stressed with all the meds I am on and I'm not working either. Being around people though might me feel stressed because I'm afraid of how I am going to look at them( will I glare or have the tic), often don't want to talk to anyone for that reason. And then sometimes I just want to be left alone and don't want to talk to people and they get in my face and start talking and talking and I wish they would stop. I don't always feel that way. There are times I love to talk with people, too.

[MusicLover82]

Originally Posted by LucyD

I really shouldn't feel stressed with all the meds I am on and I'm not working either. Being around people though might me feel stressed because I'm afraid of how I am going to look at them( will I glare or have the tic), often don't want to talk to anyone for that reason. And then sometimes I just want to be left alone and don't want to talk to people and they get in my face and start talking and talking and I wish they would stop. I don't always feel that way. There are times I love to talk with people, too.

In that case, it sounds like you are just unhappy with being around people sometimes. I wouldn't worry about it and try to classify it as a mental illness. It's probably just the fact that you are more of an introvert and wish to be left alone. That's more of a personality thing, and there are plenty of people who would rather be at home with a book than around people all the time.

[LucyD]

It doesn't matter if I classify it really. It's the glaring I want to stop doing. I don't want to glare at people just for talking to me. Don't want to scare people for talking to me. I should just tell them I have something else I have to do and get away from them. I need to speak up for myself.