What age did you stop caring about what others think?

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As a teenager I was really good at not seeking validation from others, I really truly didn’t care what other people thought of me - looking back I suppose this might be quite unusual with how much pressure kids feel these days such as my nephew who has just started high school and needs all the latest fashion otherwise he feels he isn’t cool!

Despite how I used to be, I seem to have regressed as since the beginning of my 20s I seek approval for things like never before. I am constantly comparing to what I see on social media. Worrying I am not having enough ‘fun’, then worried I should take an extra qualification, then worried I’m not saving enough, then worried I’m not ‘travelling’ enough or doing what is expected by society.

Does not caring about what others do/think come naturally, or is it something you have found you needed to practise? Just curious really

Other than family, never really cared much at all.

I care what people think about me, but only the people I love or whose judgement I value.

I am 54.

Exactly. I also never got on board with social media or understood why people wanted to project every aspect of themselves and the prefect life, perfect kids nonsense on there. It's not based in reality and it makes people so miserable.

Only in my early 40s did I truly reach that point. This key ring is now my mantra. It takes time to get there but as everyone else has said, it is truly liberating.

I also still care what the people I love think of me. But those people love and care about me too.
Anybody else, I've never cared unless it was regarding my work.

Late 30s for me