r/EmoStyle

I love chokers but I constantly have a strong sense of insecurity when being in public. Partially I'm paranoid about physical violence (am from Slovakia but live in Netherlands) but more than that it's just a feeling that I can't shake and describe. It is not social anxiety tho, I mostly solved this problem years ago. The best way I can describe it is that I'm afraid that people will think of me differently than who I actually am - an inaccurate understanding. Worse or better, doesn't matter, but inaccurate. This is stupid to be worried about cuz people do it all the time and I mostly don't care, but this single object is causing me so much friction and I don't know why. I am all for live and let live and as I said don't really care about what people think of me, but this is an exception. Does anyone have any tips on what to do about this? It's been like this for years and exposure or getting used to the public didn't change anything. Maybe my autistic brain has some glitch idk