how can i not take things personal, what people say

i went to the supermarket earlier, and my debit card had an error on the machine...and the woman said, this happened to someone else before, and when she said that i thought she was insinuating that ' she knows me personally,' and that ' i am trying to be someone else?'

then when i was in the aisle getting my shopping, a group of asian school lads walked past me laughing and i thought they were laughing at me?

just examples of how i take things personal and feel paranoid.

any advice?

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Poppies · 61-69, F

It's encouraging that at least when you look back on these things, you realize that you don't have to take things so personally. There is self-awareness. It sounds like you are working at it.