Why does everyone seem to hate me, wherever I go today?

Are your sure your perception is accurate. it would be odd for random strangers to hate you. Maybe you are hating yourself today.

Hate is a strong word @justjoined2014. But it reveals how you actually feel about the situation, so that’s good enough for me.

Consider there is another way of looking at things though. Instead of putting it on yourself, as the one being hated… Consider asking the question in a different way…

Why are people so hateful?

There… now they are the ones with the problem… NOT You.

I suggest people are hateful because no one offers to fill them with love.

So you and I can start offering love to them… patience, kindness, empathy, maturity… and soon they will be loveful rather than hateful.

You and me @justjoined2014! We’re gonna change the world man!

Really “everyone” doesn’t hate you. It seems like it. Actually people think far more about themselves than about you. Of course there are people who are rude for no vaid reason and that can be disturbing. I can understand that. But don’t let a few miserable individuas get you down. Good Heath!

Unless you smell bad (are you aware if that could be the problem?) or wear dirty clothes, I can only figure that you might be putting out some type of creeper vibe. Do you have any close friends or family members that you can ask about either of these potential situations?

At work, if you are clean and neat (even if you are overweight) and walk down the hall with nice posture and give people the common courtesies when you pass them (depends on who the person is and how many times you’ve seen them already that day) you might smile and nod, you might say, “Hello Jane/John/Mr. Johnson” or you might ask, “Hi John. How’s your day going?” If you get to a door first, whether there is a man or woman behind you, open it for them. If you see someone up ahead of you with an armload full of boxes, call to them, “Let me get the door for you John/Jane.”

If you are doing all of the above things and people still treat you poorly, then it’s all on them. I’ve worked with one or two people that were surly and cold all the time, but I’ve never had an entire office or company full of people act that way. If it seems like everyone is acting that way, you may need to find out if people are perceiving you in a negative light and find out why. Are you friendly with any of your co-workers? If so, take one of them aside, privately, and ask what’s up.

I hate you.
[throws you a weird look]

And your mom wears combat boots.
(The pleather ones from Hot Topic.)

Just kidding.

Unless it’s like this every day, I’d wager that it’s actually you that’s having a bad day. Any recent events that might be making you feeling this way about yourself?

Either way, I hope your day ends better than it started. Sending some good thoughts your way.

- a stranger that doesn’t hate you

PS Welcome to Fluther!
PPS @justjoined2014, it’s not 2014 yet!
PPPS Are you from the future?

New theory:
People are giving you weird looks because you’re from the future and they don’t know what to make of your futuristic attire.

What does it say on your T shirt?

It probably has to do with it being a wednesday. People get really grumpy on wednesdays and thursdays. If it is hot where you are, temperature can also make people exceptionally grumpy. Plus the kids are out of school and you won’t see people cheer up till the kids start back up in school. LOL
Or maybe you started to wonder about the day you was going to have and your worried face looked mean and distrusting. So you got your own reflection back in their faces.

Thanks but it got worse as the day went on. This whole mess has caused me to develop a habit whereby everytime someone is mean to me, I do something bad to myself. I would never do something as drastic as cutting or anything like that. More like, recently, going overboard deliberately on things like salt, diet stuff (bc of aspartame), tap water that I know is dirty, etc.

You probably have some self-esteem issues that you need to look at.

My hair is Pink, fuschia, purple, blue, and teal right now (it’s pretty fucking awesome honestly).....I don’t have to wonder why people are looking at me, I’m not as self conscious this way, but when my hair is a normal color and people look at me it stresses me out wondering what they are thinking.

Yes, like @janbb said, it sounds like you have some self esteem problems. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background?

How old are you? What type of work do you do (you don’t need to be super specific, just a general idea of the type of business you work for)?

Have you always felt this way, or is this a new problem? Do you have any issues in your past that may cause you to feel bad about yourself?

I’m guessing that because you feel bad, you most likely are very introverted and possibly come across as not being friendly or open to other people. Do you regularly practice the acts of office politeness that I mentioned above? If not, people will tend to assume that you are not polite (even if you didn’t mean to be rude). How do you interact with people at work?