Yes, this is critical advice. You will never control how other people think or behave and most of the time you don't know what they are thinking.

kepford

Or so they say, but people sure looked - and still look - at me differently, and not in a positive way.

Shame is something YOU feel.  It has nothing to do with how other people view you.  Don’t let what you do with your life be influenced by what other people think. Or worse what you think other people are thinking.

mostly_harmless

I'm growing sick and tired of it, and I'm slowly getting to the end of my wits.

Fabs

> "*There is NO SHAME in working a job.*" 
> 
> Or so they say, but people sure looked - and still look - at me differently, and not in a positive way.
> 

Shame is something YOU feel.  It has nothing to do with how other people view you.  Don’t let what you do with your life be influenced by what other people think. Or worse what you think other people are thinking.  
