I'm sorry
I'm paranoid
But I can't really help it

I've been conditioned
Since youth
To use it

I hear you laugh
I see your glance
I feel confused

I'm stuck in this feeling
of mixed emotion and fear
But oh well, it happens.

I get defensive
I take offense
I just wish it would stop

But I'm paranoid
It always happens
I can't help it

This just happens
All the time
Can't stop

I don't like
that I care
but I do

I want it to stop
to be normal for once
but that won't happen

It's awful
To be afraid
of being judged

It's terrible
How I can't leave
without feeling judged

But it happens
I cope
I try