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Was just wondering what everyone's (psychological) thoughts are on this. Say you are busy doing whatever, and you happen to look up from what you are doing and "catch" someone just blatantly staring you in the eye. I'm talking about in a public place, across the room or something. Do you quickly look away or stare them down (while thinking in your head "WTH are you looking at?!")? With myself, I guess it depends on what mood I'm in to tell you the truth, but it usually is a balance of them looking away or me staring right back at them until they look away. I very rarely look away initially depending on "what I am doing at the time".
Are some people just natural intimidators and try to show some type of "cryptic power" over other people?
Heh, if I'm more than about ten feet from you and you think I'm staring, I'm not. From that distance peoples faces are generally just a blob with a couple of black spots where their eyes are. Now if I put my glasses on to get a second look, I'm staring!
Only guys stare at me, lately (some even escalate it )
LOL!!!
I don't know whether you're male or female, or how you feel about guys finding you attractive.
A LONG time ago when I was 18-19, on two separate occasions there were gay guys who showed an interest in me. I wasn't interested of course, but for a straight white redneck from Deepest Darkest Appalachia, I found that I was surprisingly non-hostile about the whole thing.
I mean... *of course* they'd find me attractive. They're only human after all.
I don't know whether you're male or female, or how you feel about guys finding you attractive.
A LONG time ago when I was 18-19, on two separate occasions there were gay guys who showed an interest in me. I wasn't interested of course, but for a straight white redneck from Deepest Darkest Appalachia, I found that I was surprisingly non-hostile about the whole thing.
I mean... *of course* they'd find me attractive. They're only human after all.
It really depends on the motive.
I've had guys stare at me for all kinds of reasons.
Some of them are because they are interested or maybe even attracted (not the worst, but no thanks).
Then there are those that are plotting something. There have been quite a few instances when I nearly got mugged among other things.
The most recent one cussed me out and got really crazy with me. Supposedly he tried to talk to me, but I ignored him. I really didn't hear him. Called me stuck up and told me to leave town (Yelling and cursing at the top of his lungs).
I of course stood up for myself and made it clear that I am not that type of guy in any stretch of the imagination. And whatever he does to me, he will regret it.
Was just wondering what everyone's (psychological) thoughts are on this. Say you are busy doing whatever, and you happen to look up from what you are doing and "catch" someone just blatantly staring you in the eye. I'm talking about in a public place, across the room or something. Do you quickly look away or stare them down (while thinking in your head "WTH are you looking at?!")? With myself, I guess it depends on what mood I'm in to tell you the truth, but it usually is a balance of them looking away or me staring right back at them until they look away. I very rarely look away initially depending on "what I am doing at the time".
Are some people just natural intimidators and try to show some type of "cryptic power" over other people?
Depends on how I feel.
Certainly I look at them to let them know that I know they are there. I am not the kind to hide.
But I might hit them with a counter stare where I lock in on them, take their stare to the back of my mind and send out a counter pulse, a FLARE to force them to break contact. I've got that power, at least at close range, to be able to do that. I guess it is sort of like being able to increase my aura at will.
This is just related to when I catch someone staring at me in general, I never assume things like someone is plotting my death or what have you, like some other posters here have suggested. Anyway, when I catch someone staring, or I just happen to stare at a certain person or place of interest, I think there is just something that attracts my attention and makes me interested in whatever I am staring at, if for a brief amount of time.
For example I could be sitting at a park watching people go by, but then I get bored of watching them and I decide to stare up at the sky. The sky is filled with clouds and I name a couple shapes, but then I get bored. So then I decide to stare at the ground, from there I notice how the wind is blowing through the grass, maybe the grass has dew drops on them, maybe the sunlight is captured in these dew drops on tiny blades of grass in the park and it just looks so beautiful that it could be a painting or a picture and I just can't look away immediately, I have to admire it for a while..it almost becomes this meditation except there is no music playing and my eyes are open.
Keep in mind, some people are people watches and love to do the 'stare' thing just to get a freaked out reaction from random folks, because deep down it satisfies their desire for attention too. It is like a game to them.
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