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How can you break a bad habit?

Can you blame me for this? How can I break this bad habit?

  • I live in London and I'm 14, it's like well-known as the most unfriendly city. E.g: on public transport, if someone is staring at you for a long time it's considered they have a problem with you or it's weird. You see, it's kind of a habit with me and boys in public, if they're smiling at me and staring and I don't know, I consider it REALLY weird and I awkardly smile back for like a mini second. It's like I have this natural unfriendliness to the public, because you don't know if they could be murderers or psychos! They're strangers, I feel just a bit odd cos they're strangers and they're smiling at me! And I feel a bit bad later on, because they probably were just interested or being friendly....any help how to break this habit???? Anyone feel the same?

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    I don't smile back at all, I just walk on and go about my business.

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A lot of people who stare are sometimes curious and don't mean to be rude, but in London - there's so many rude people! (l know, l went to the o2 Arena.) lf boys smile, or if anybody smiles for that matter, smile back. There's no harm in smiling - what can it do really? lt's just showing a friendly face around, that's all :)

It's not a bad habit, it's just your brain telling you not to get involved. That happens all the time to me. Random people on the bus stare at me and i just turn away.

wow. if someone smiled at me i would start up w whole conversation with them... im from london, london ontario!!!! woot. i love canada

Forget about it, if it was me I'd probably have an argument with them and say "what", London is a shithole, I live in it and most of the people are paranoid lunatics.

I do the same . Turn away DONT get involved if they are rapests they will lock on to you

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