Here's a suggestion for you hun. I know you are shy in public, so when you venture out, why not plug in to some music on an mp3 or an ipod and tune the world out?
Forget who's around you and just do your own thing. It does you good to get out, so head for the beach with some tunes and have a good time.
xoxoxo

u aren't being laughed at, honey. :) try to remember that we think people pay FAR much more attention to us than they really do.
most people are too involved in their own lives to be pointing and laughing at you!
u just have a little paranoia going on..if u realize that's the case, u can remind yourself it's just random THOUGHTS..and not the truth.
besides, danielle...u're so friggen sweet, how could anyone do anything but love ya?? ;)
xoxo Di

try to ignore the feelings you are having. I am sure most of these people are not singling you out even if it appears that way to you. People can be cruel, that is a fact, but I am certain you are not doing anything to make yourself stand out and be ridiculed.

Keep reminding yourself that you are a great person, you are not someone to be laughed at or made fun of. This sounds to me like it could be a self esteem issue.

Maybe do something nice for yourself. Buy a new outfit, do your hair, maybe a new nail polish...what ever you could do to make yourself feel pretty and good. Pamper yourself!!!

You deserve to feel good. Don't let anyone bring you down.

Chin up girl...you are an exceptional person and you need to let the world know!

I know exactly how you're feeling. Lately I have been more paranoid about people doing that to me. I think it's just because I spent a couple days in the psych unit and all I had was the people who I seemed to get along with. No one made fun of anything when I was in there. No one judged or anything and in a perfect world no one would at anytime. I guess I just wanted to post that I know how you're feeling. Don't worry, you seem like a cool person so I don't think you have anything to worry about.

I've felt that way before, too. There's even a psycology term for it - ideas of reference - (false impressions that outside events have special meanings to onesself) and that is one of the ways it happens. I have no idea what it indicates. I would assume a mild type of paranoia. But I really don't know - the point is, to be careful to catch yourself in the moment - and if you don't know for sure what they are talking/laughing about, unless they are unmistakably pointing at you, you DON'T KNOW what they are laughing or talking about. ANd likely, it is not you. As much as it feels that way.
If you can bare it, try going for a walk, purposefully to catch yourself feeling that way - and check and see - are they just laughing, or are they looking directly at you and pointing? If you do that a few times, you will see you are being oversensitive (most of the time!!) - Oversensitivity and taking things personally is part of --- depression.

honey don't worry ur not alone thats how i feel sometimes when i go out like yesterday when i went shoppin something that is normally so easy was made in 2 a task but i got though it & so can u keep ur chin up & two fingers 2 them if they r staring i like the way i look thats wot i say 2 myself when im feeling a bit parnoid it works for me TRY IT DON'T LET THE DEPRESSION TAKE CONTROL U TAKE CONTROL OV IT THATS MY NEW STRATAGIE AT THE MOMENT

I`ve been feeling like that lately too, i always used to wonder why people were making fun of me, i don`t know about you Tang, but it makes me feel better to know that other people have / do feel the same, although i`d never wish feeling like this on anyone.

The MP3 idea is a good one, and what i sometimes do is if i`m waiting somewhere in a queue or something, if i see a safe friendly looking face i try to initiate conversation and they usually respond nice and i feel more confident, but of course theres always those days when particularly at the school gates that i just want to hide around the corner so i can`t see them! I had to really force myself to stand at the gates, once i did it it wasn`t as awful as i thought it`ll be.
I`d agree with the self confidence bit, but remember you are special, and have something that a lot of those people who do laugh at people don`t have, a sweet nature and compassion for others. Never forget that you are special xx