Anxiety

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just ignore them?

While this is easy to say, DOING it is something else entirely.

Ignoring what others think of you requires strength of will, something many young people have yet to accomplish. Also the whole 'peer pressure' thing of looking good and proving yourself factors into the difficulty. Thus anxiety rears its ugly head in their minds and thoughts.

As one gets older and more experienced in life, it gets far easier to accomplish this, ie: not caring what others think of you or caring how they treat you. You are who you are and they can either take it or leave it.