Why Do You Feel Like You're Being Watched?

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  • @nikkiwilliamson4665
    @nikkiwilliamson4665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1474

    What about when you feel like you’re being watched but you’re alone?

    • @heanstone1327
      @heanstone1327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      Jesus watches you

    • @vergiltechtip6383
      @vergiltechtip6383 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      When your inner demon come out and watch you
      And you're fucked up

    • @FaultAndDakranon
      @FaultAndDakranon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I want to know too.

    • @CosmicErrata
      @CosmicErrata 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's probably Zone-Tan.

    • @willstokes7266
      @willstokes7266 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I usually just shut Curtains if it's dark out, that usually helps

  • @thejesuschrist
    @thejesuschrist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    ...because I see EVERYTHING!

    • @billnyethescienceguy553
      @billnyethescienceguy553 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I judge religion just like I judge the news. Why do I judge the news? Because its subjective. Religion to me is subjective, I believe that people used the image of God and the bible to make people act differently. Kind of like laws right now but back then God made the rules, popes which I know for sure exploited the image of God and how they are connected with God to get their way. I feel like the bible was altered to fit the needs of the civilization, to make people act better or else they sin and stuff. If their was a bible we dont have the right version. There are too many diverse beliefs for me to settle to one, therefore after trying to get my point across I'm a non believer. I dont know if I should be, if anyone out there can help me out that would be great

    • @vergiltechtip6383
      @vergiltechtip6383 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hi Jesus, I thought you were watching Pews killing meme

    • @piko3058
      @piko3058 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Jesus Christ! Thats Jesus Christ!

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I feel uncomfortable

    • @rayfalsetto1010
      @rayfalsetto1010 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jesus Christ I take Xanax everyday to help me cope with the anxiety that’s brought on by the paranoia and constant feeling of being watched. My life is misery at best.

  • @lizerdspherex
    @lizerdspherex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +929

    Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you~

    • @caseydorn3309
      @caseydorn3309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@dr.blockcraft6633 It is neither. If you have a valid, rational assumption that entities of any kind have something to gain by monitoring you in any capacity, the definition of paranoia does not apply (irrational fear). This does not make it "smart" though. To be very general: there are 7 billion people on the planet. You are not special. To be special, you either need to be a very rich person (something to lose), or a bad person (something to lose + illegal). Note that obviously both of those definitions are in terms of the culture of the society in which you live and the time in which you live. Virtue and wealth are relative. Anyways, if you're one of those, you know it. But being "smart" is deciding what behaviors you want to execute to stop any theoretical activities. If you're rich, buy good off-grid devices etc. If you're a bad person, consider stopping the behavior. It's pretty simple. This also applies to the "what about big companies that track me", issue. Well, big companies track you to sell stuff to you. That's it. If you buy some plutonium from Mars (not actually a thing), google only cares about placing an ad on your search page for a plutonium holder and maybe suggesting brilliant to learn about nuclear reactions. *Hackers* want that data so they can *blackmail* you, steal personal data, or otherwise hurt you, and, again, you (generally) need to be in one of the above two categories for that to really matter. That's the dangerous part. So, until you are either rich or a criminal, it doesn't matter if you're being watched or tracked or what have you...the data gained is not valuable. Note I'm not including the value perspective from a 1984 like scenario or any government entity that wants to modulate social behavior (dictatorship, oppressive regimes).

    • @ahmd5
      @ahmd5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is very good one

    • @Vuadanee
      @Vuadanee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      rip

    • @glowingone1774
      @glowingone1774 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@caseydorn3309 no you're wrong its called mass surveillance

    • @jamesgossel9483
      @jamesgossel9483 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      not paranoid just paying attention.

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 6 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Hank must especially feel like he’s being watched.

    • @RoundPi
      @RoundPi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      46,000+ views

    • @slurvtrutl526
      @slurvtrutl526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hank is watching you too .... You think that part of your brain understands video? He's pretty chill but still

  • @leylarustamova
    @leylarustamova 4 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Why do I feel like this when I’m 100% alone

    • @AlainMislang
      @AlainMislang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That Happens To Me

    • @Dragoneatspam
      @Dragoneatspam 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@AlainMislang me also I at living room at 5:00 @m and I feel watched

    • @scaredkids3057
      @scaredkids3057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do even with my siblings

    • @barnaclescum7011
      @barnaclescum7011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Guess you should bump that 100 down to a 99% 😳

    • @barnaclescum7011
      @barnaclescum7011 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cereal Killer he thinks you’re a good show

  • @nolanthiessen1073
    @nolanthiessen1073 6 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    Gaze-dar.

    • @ZoeAlleyne
      @ZoeAlleyne 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Dammit, you stole my joke 13 hours before I made it. I demand trial by combat.

    • @cordlefhrichter1520
      @cordlefhrichter1520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Goddamn it, I came down here to comment that.

    • @mrtannzr
      @mrtannzr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You have big gaze

  • @christianlapointe7796
    @christianlapointe7796 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    "that's just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.”

    • @DonCDXX
      @DonCDXX 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slartibartfast quote.

    • @rajeshjoseph7109
      @rajeshjoseph7109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No few only have it in active mode

  • @CherCyborg
    @CherCyborg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Got the notification for this video whole reading an article about wiretapping

    • @jachariah4694
      @jachariah4694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not Sure Or MAYBE it’s because he has notifications for this channel turned on. It’s pretty simple to figure out.

    • @finonevado8891
      @finonevado8891 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the two of you are probably a bit right

    • @Adam-cq2yo
      @Adam-cq2yo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of course. We can't have you looking for evidence of wiretapping, now can we?

  • @Skeithization
    @Skeithization 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    So when does 'feeling watched' becomes paranoia?

    • @aster965
      @aster965 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Whenever nobody actually watches you and you go to extremes to stop it or hide, it becomes paranoia

    • @EveryTimeV2
      @EveryTimeV2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      When you start getting aggressive at the sensation and end up getting incarcerated because of violence associated with trying to stop that thing from occurring. Also when you go to the police prior, to confess to crimes that you haven't done - and no-one but you could possibly have evidence for anyway, without assuming some extremely delusional things in order to justify the belief.
      And when you suspect the entire world is conspiring, to the point you doubt if a God exists, or just something extremely powerful; is manipulating reality around you. As if you were really just in hell. And this belief becomes so pervasive it distracts you from living your life, you smash your head into walls to create a 'pain distraction' from that delusion, and even cut.
      You take medications and start drinking to stop it. And even threaten violence against others, and even end up performing violence against others. If that's not delusional, then nothing is.

    • @tylerxking186
      @tylerxking186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EveryTimeV2dude I feel like killing everyone,

    • @CeresEros
      @CeresEros 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tylerx king18 that long comment then you: I just want to kill everyone.loooooooooooool

    • @larrywilliams566
      @larrywilliams566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@aster965 that's where you're wrong here is why the truth is everybody is watching you (not really just a few here and there) saying that "oh you aren't that special" is false heavily because somebody/something is always or sometimes is looking at you please do more research before you comment

  • @amoradioheadd
    @amoradioheadd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    i feel like i'm being watched even in my house, i can't go to the bathroom without locking the door, cus i think someone is watching through the little crack. i also feel like mirrors are cameras and there are people behind them, watching me and waiting for me to do something dumb. i even feel like my own eyes are cameras, specially when i'm in thw shower so i always look up or straight but i never look down. i thought i was paranoid but i don't think so anymore. please help, i don't even feel well in my own house

    • @aberrationeech.1838
      @aberrationeech.1838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dude you still here

    • @ximena4079
      @ximena4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      This is exactly my problem, I just want the feeling to go away! Every second of the day, when I’m in my room alone, in the bathroom, or etc. Even now, I always feel like someone is watching me! I just don’t know what to do anymore. I’m scared that I’ll always have this feeling for the rest of my life and I’m so tired of covering the mirrors when I go to the bathroom or constantly looking out the window because I feel like someone is staring at me. When I walk past my living room couches, I feel like someone is sitting there staring at me. But I don’t think it is paranormal because wouldn’t my cat and dog sense the presence and freak out too? I need answers but I don’t know where to get them! 😭😓

    • @Tata-ky9iy
      @Tata-ky9iy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ximena4079 I am exactly like that, I don't know what to do😓

    • @ximena4079
      @ximena4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ta ta - Sorry to hear that, I understand how hard it is to deal with it. I don’t know what to do either.😞

    • @Tata-ky9iy
      @Tata-ky9iy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ximena4079 I was in a cafe yesterday and some stranger took a photo of me and after that I'm scared. I just don't understand why would anyone do such a thing 😤

  • @akrybion
    @akrybion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    Nice try, ScyShow, but I know I'm just an unknowing extra in someones Truman Show.

    • @chattychatotchannel
      @chattychatotchannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      P K but the extras in the Truman show were all paid actors? Truman was the only one unaware

    • @andy56duky
      @andy56duky 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chattychatotchannel swiggity swooty I'm going for that booty!
      #doingitformemes #notthirsty #donthurtmedaddy

    • @chattychatotchannel
      @chattychatotchannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trailtracker but then it wouldn’t be the same situation as the Truman Show as the whole thing about the Truman Show is everyone is in on it except Truman so I don’t think you could compare that situation to it

    • @chattychatotchannel
      @chattychatotchannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trailtracker so are they saying they are Truman? He isn’t an extra though he is the star of the show hence all the product placement around him. My apologies if this has gotten lengthy. I’m quite tired and not getting the joke

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@chattychatotchannel You're way over thinking this. He clarified in his initial statement exactly what he means, "an unknowing extra in someone's Truman Show." Just because that doesn't fit exactly with the original movie doesn't make the simile any less effective, for me, at least. All he's doing is exaggerating the Truman Show, almost inception-like, implying he is so deep in the machine that he doesn't even know there is more to be known. Try some critical thinking if it still doesn't make any sense.

  • @pinchyh
    @pinchyh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It's a sixth sense, ever been on the train then suddenly you feel the need to look up and someone is staring right at you? That's telekinesis, Kyle...

    • @Bleepbleepblorbus
      @Bleepbleepblorbus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A) not possible
      B) telekinesis is the ability to move objects with your mind, not knowing if someone is looking at you or not.

    • @Joronyx
      @Joronyx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Bleepbleepblorbus he meant telepathy. And while limited and not as cool as in movies, it is possible.

  • @aaronphillips402
    @aaronphillips402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I work retail. Whenever I look up and out into a crowd of customers I noticed some of them looking down at a text book suddenly look up at me. Despite not looking at me, seeing me in their peripheral vision, or hearing me, people often know I’m gazing in their direction and look up and locked eyes with me. Other times something gets my attention and I look over and I’m being watched. It’s rather odd.

    • @Scorpio--
      @Scorpio-- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's happened to me even when I have my back turned to the person staring at me from 30 ft away. I get that feeling of being watched, then I suddenly turn around. And instantly, I'm locked eyes and looking directly into the eyes of the person staring at me. I always thought it was a normal feeling everybody had. Turns out, after finally talking to other people about it, It's not.

    • @akshatmishra8537
      @akshatmishra8537 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Scorpio-- It's actually common, but people don't know about it. When I told my friends about it, they said it does not happen to them and that for me it was mostly a coincidence. It's mostly because when you look at someone staring at you, you don't consciously move your head in their direction, it just happens automatically, so people assume it's just a coincidence. But, when you tell them about this phenomenon and ask them why did they look directly at the person staring at them, they realise that it happens to them too. Unless people know about this phenomenon, they don't notice it, like how my friend noticed it after I had told him about this thing.

  • @ThePenguin369
    @ThePenguin369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Used to be able to feel eyes watching me in my sleep, nobody saw me physically sleep for long even if they were silent, because i 'felt' they were there, my sleep wasn't very good back then, id wake up very easily.
    My sleep and sensitivities have gotten better, since having pets from age 18y onwards, even though i have more sets of eyes around now lol

    • @kevintan5497
      @kevintan5497 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      itsaa ghoost

    • @foxbearchillinbytheriver
      @foxbearchillinbytheriver 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had that too. Then I recovered memories of being sexually abused at two and I realized the sense was a form of hypervigilance from the trauma. Maybe a trauma happened to you when you were young? I hope not but it’s possible

    • @ThePenguin369
      @ThePenguin369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@foxbearchillinbytheriver pretty much

  • @angel-ku7im
    @angel-ku7im 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Only looked for this because I felt like someone or (something) was staring me down and waiting until I feel asleep to sneak up on me or take me. I was alone in my room at 10 o'clock PM after my bedtime and I just felt like I was gonna throw up and my eyes remained wide open of about 1 hour I finally got the strength to grab my pillow and go down stairs to find my mom. I asked my mom if I could sleep in her room that night and told her I felt like someone was watching me. She said yes and also told me i was crazy. I said i know how crazy i sound and started crying. I could not sleep. Got like 4 hours that night. I'm terrified to sleep in my room now. Anyone else have a similar experience?

    • @Partypartyyeah613
      @Partypartyyeah613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well every single night, I feel like something or somebody is watching me. The only weird thing is, I only get the feelings at night when I go of my phone.. even when I lay down I have to check behind me to see if I’m alone in my room or not and my stairs squeak a lot at night aswell.

    • @hanhlu5976
      @hanhlu5976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just happened last night I went to sleep at around 4:00 in the morning and I usually wake up at 6:00

    • @jccx5552
      @jccx5552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah i feel like that all the time like i hate having to go to sleep every single night because i feel like something is watching me just standing there, silently

    • @ananonymousgirl775
      @ananonymousgirl775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Partypartyyeah613 creepy 😢😢😢😢😭😭🥲🥲

    • @GreytPanda
      @GreytPanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey you know how we see stuff that isn't there at night? That may be what is happening. So if you don't have a TV on turn it on.

  • @draenthor
    @draenthor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Obviously its because when a person shoots fire out of their eyes to see, another person can feel the warmth of the fire as it hits them and travels back to the observer, thus resulting in the observed person realizing they are being watched.

    • @Aereto
      @Aereto 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But how does one see in total darkness when ones eyes are LIT upon the subjects? 🔥🤔

    • @josuededeus1486
      @josuededeus1486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@idiotsandwichthe1st what? youre telling me you cant shoot fire out of your eyes?

  • @Hanneth
    @Hanneth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    When we can't see someone, there are other clues that there is someone else around as well.
    There are vibrations caused by movement.
    There are small audio cues that can tip us off.
    Even sometimes smell.
    I was surprised when I first got married how I could feel the heat of my wife moving around the room. Also, at first, how uncomfortable having that constant heat presence was in bed.
    Though there are also things that can create these same cues and trick us that someone is there, when there really isn't.

    • @arifjabry4096
      @arifjabry4096 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You might be schizophrenic

    • @sweetiemin4654
      @sweetiemin4654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How about bless your house with a pastor or something? That’s so scary

    • @wolfen2462
      @wolfen2462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@arifjabry4096 no that’s dumb

    • @janinebelleestrada7096
      @janinebelleestrada7096 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here, I can also detect someone walking around the vicinity of my house not because I can here them but I can sense someone is coming from a certain direction, my house has a fence and the other side of that fence is a walkway to the other houses just behind ours.
      Also you can also feel the weight of a person around the vicinity as well. Like how my house feels lighter when its just me and my sister/brother or gramma and when my cousins are around the weight in the sorroundings feels heavy. This is why I avoid crowded places like an event because theres too much weight in the air, or maybe its just anxiety idk

    • @Poetry4Peace
      @Poetry4Peace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janinebelleestrada7096 anxiety i feel

  • @AliceSylph
    @AliceSylph 6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Would be interesting to do these experiments when suffers of anxiety. I have chronic anxiety and I have been tested and shown I have a much wider field of vision than usual, which is truely awful when the anxiety already makes you feel like you're being watched and judged all the time

    • @phineapplmedia
      @phineapplmedia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      interesting. i'd be willing to volunteer

    • @flueepwrien6587
      @flueepwrien6587 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i originally clicked on this thinking that its related to anxiety

    • @shannontaylor1849
      @shannontaylor1849 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Um, no. Your 'special eyes' (wider than average peripheral vision) would not cause paranoia unless people actually were looking at you.
      You would just see more people.

    • @eduardoosornio4390
      @eduardoosornio4390 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shannontaylor1849 what would that be called

    • @shannontaylor1849
      @shannontaylor1849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eduardoosornio4390 Vision.

  • @anandaariannamorningstar434
    @anandaariannamorningstar434 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    How about those who think people are staring at them and judging even when nobody actually isn't, and the times when people think they're alone and do something embarrassing but someone was watching them all along. I don't think real gaze detection without actually seeing it is real. It's just a feeling, and sometimes we happen to be right?

    • @Wtrxprs007able
      @Wtrxprs007able 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I get that feeling all the time. Messes with my anxiety

    • @heanstone1327
      @heanstone1327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Got this feeling all the time scishow please do a video on this

    • @darkhayou
      @darkhayou 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Paranoid Schizophrenia?

    • @TheDanibits
      @TheDanibits 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That can be a symptom of social anxiety disorders.

    • @anaclara-bz9dj
      @anaclara-bz9dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dont think that people you are talking about you

  • @gachawolf134
    @gachawolf134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have been having the same dream about a stalker suddenly standing in front of my window, eyes crazy wide and a yellow hoodie. I just woke up from that same nightmare at 2 AM and I strongly feel like I’m being watched(I’m honestly scared)

  • @philmetal9604
    @philmetal9604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What about those moments when you aren't paying attention to your surroundings and get that feeling, seemingly out of nowhere, and it turns out to be an animal or something. You get that creepy feeling.

  • @cptpapa
    @cptpapa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Please make a video on why some people like watching zit popping and ear wax removal clips.

    • @drizzlingrose
      @drizzlingrose 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      popping zits is nice, i personally dont watch videos of it, but irl its satisfying to see that goo leave the body, makes me feel like i purified something like a DND healer :p

    • @xistencestudios8904
      @xistencestudios8904 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      cptpapa I don't

    • @lunacouer
      @lunacouer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's a great idea. Like, why are those in the oddly-satisfying category for some folks, but produce utter revulsion in others?

    • @nittygritty7034
      @nittygritty7034 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's like cleaning your body. But it's satisfying because it's so gross, you're automatically that much cleaner afterwards.

    • @mho...
      @mho... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same reason ppl like horror/gore movies... humans are disturbingly disgusting!

  • @LordofBroccoli
    @LordofBroccoli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Interesting. So would someone with paranoia have a defective STS? Tricking your brain into thinking others are observing you? I'm curious cause I have BPD and pretty severe paranoia.

    • @indigodragon0613
      @indigodragon0613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Marc Shanahan That’s a good question.

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +

    • @raychumon
      @raychumon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      me, too! i wonder if my paranoia comes from an oversensitive STS?

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ᎽօʊᏒ ᏢᎬᏁᎥᏕ that's not paranoia. It's the Uso penitentiary!

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mark Shanahan: Unrelated to the BPD - Do you have erratic movement patterns and are prone to sudden and explosive movements? If you move your body in less predictable ways people might actually actively look at you more than they would a normal person with a calmer and more reliable body language/movements. This is something I used to do as someone who used to have hypervigilance. People who moved too unreliably were scary to be in the same room as, because I didn't feel I could comprehend their intents well enough. I even used to be terrified of large groups because the lynch mob mentality scared the hell out of me, so the more people in a crowd that behaved in a labile manner the more the crowd stressed me out.

  • @alluneedislessthan3
    @alluneedislessthan3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Sooooo what you’re saying is.... I have psychic gaze detecting powers... 😈

    • @alluneedislessthan3
      @alluneedislessthan3 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not Sure yep ur so right

    • @drizzlingrose
      @drizzlingrose 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      remove the Psychic and you got it! :D

    • @salsimp3572
      @salsimp3572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not exactly he didn't give a complete valid answer

  • @Jaylio
    @Jaylio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’ve got feeling....
    SOMEBODYS WATCHING MEEEEEEEE

  • @blobfish4514
    @blobfish4514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    somtimes i go through episodes where i feel like eyes are everywhere my parinoia is often out of control, often i look around and feel like there’s eye everywhere and even on me

  • @joshuaespinoza8325
    @joshuaespinoza8325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my theory has something to do with air pressure.
    when somebody is right behind you, their body pushes more air against your back. then you sense the difference and know someones behind you.
    that along with shadows, slight changes in noise, or slight changes in other people's faces makes it very easy to tell when I'm being followed.
    these can be seen as maybe a very soft rustle behind you, that can only be produced by rubbing clothing, or your hair moves a tiny bit because of their breath, or a bystander's eyes dart behind you for a second.
    another one is if you go into a room, if you don't hear the door close for a few seconds, someone followed you in.
    then you can set a trap for them. speed up a little bit, go around a corner that has more space for you to keep walking, then turn around and catch them following you around said corner.
    more things I didn't mention were; water ripples, light changes in a reflective object or an actual reflection of the stalker, temperature changes as maybe a fan is blocked or their body heat spreads to you.
    if you duck down to maybe grab something or pretend you're tying your laces, you can see them through the gap between your legs or maybe hear their shoe skid as they cant keep moving due to you blocking their path.
    more active ways could be just turning around everyone and then or doing a donkey kick, maybe hitting them in the process.
    I have it down to an art.

  • @Babarudra
    @Babarudra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    I'm so sick of those Grammarly commercials.

    • @kalixkatt
      @kalixkatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @nothyself The reason people don't use adblockers are beacause they support the "free" content you recieve trough youtube.

    • @Katatawnic
      @Katatawnic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kalixkatt Indeed. I hate ads, and I watch a LOT of TH-cam, so I fork out the $9.99 a month to get rid of ads, and the TH-camrs I watch get paid. Even when they're demonetized for not being "advertiser friendly."

    • @meandmetoo8436
      @meandmetoo8436 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Be glad you're not having tik tok commercials.

    • @Jackal_Blitz
      @Jackal_Blitz 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll trade you a shitload of DriveTime commercials.

    • @ThrottleKitty
      @ThrottleKitty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I use adblock because I've got viruses from ads in the past. Maybe if TH-cam cared half as much about screening the companies that pay them for ads as they do about screening out "unfamily friendly" videos from ad runs, I'd trust them enough to disable such a safety feature. But since I do not, and since most of the channels I watch are demonetized for not being aimed at 10 year olds, it seems like a pointless gesture anyways. (I can't afford $120 a year for no adds)

  • @mariapaz6379
    @mariapaz6379 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    We had this discussion with a friend about how i believed that people don't "feel" gazes on them but they have to catch you in some way, so we watched classmates like the creeps we are for a whole day.

  • @kamryn2310
    @kamryn2310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like someone is always watching me and not when I’m alone. And this can’t just be me being paranoid because it’s been this way since I was a child.

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I take advantage of this all the time when I'm wearing sunglasses, facing a bit left while actually looking right, etc. XD

  • @ximena4079
    @ximena4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is exactly my problem, I just want the feeling to go away! Every second of the day, when I’m in my room alone, in the bathroom, or etc. Even now, I always feel like someone is watching me! I just don’t know what to do anymore. I’m scared that I’ll always have this feeling for the rest of my life and I’m so tired of covering the mirrors when I go to the bathroom or constantly looking out the window because I feel like someone is staring at me. When I walk past my living room couches, I feel like someone is sitting there staring at me. But I don’t think it is paranormal because wouldn’t my cat and dog sense the presence and freak out too? I need answers but I don’t know where to get them! 😭😓

    • @Partypartyyeah613
      @Partypartyyeah613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I get the same feeling but only at night time.. whenever it’s night I always get the feelings that I’m being watched, and I have a cat (he’s not allowed upstairs) he never meows when he’s able to get upstairs so nobody just not be watching me, but I just feel like someone is.. a dog that I used to have a couple of months ago didn’t bark either when she was able
      to get in my room but I just always gets the feeling that something or someone was watching me.. scary thing is, when my sister used to live with me (we sleeped in same room) we literally heard something from under our bed but when we checked nothing was there.

    • @ximena4079
      @ximena4079 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Partypartyyeah613 oh my god, that's terrible. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that...for me it's everywhere I go, no matter where I am or what i'm doing. I'm afraid the feeling will never go away and the thought of having it for the rest of my life terrifies me. No one in my family knows about it, i want to tell someone so maybe i could get help for it but i don't want them to make fun of me or send me away...😔

  • @K4ZVH4enjoyer
    @K4ZVH4enjoyer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LIKE TELLING ME THIS MY ENTIRE LIFE WAS ME JUST FEELING LIKE SOMEONE IS WATCHING ME AT ALL L TIME

  • @SuperSilver7591
    @SuperSilver7591 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always feel like somebody's watching me
    AND I HAVE NO PRIVACY

    • @ximena4079
      @ximena4079 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too ☹️ I want to make the feeling go away

  • @montam26
    @montam26 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hyper awareness is a survival skill

  • @thenomadicbarbie6042
    @thenomadicbarbie6042 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Got this video while I’m feeling like I am being watched right now in my van that I live in alone. Right. Now.
    Freaked me out but I clicked lol 😄

  • @ohlookadandelion
    @ohlookadandelion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Someone help me please!! Whenever I'm at my home I feel like someone is watching me, no matter my blinds are closed! I have a habit to recite my thoughts since 6 years and now I can't say out my thoughts just in case someone hears it😞 I can't do anything in peace now😭 plss help

  • @MAJSteveCA
    @MAJSteveCA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i was fishing alone down the trail behind my house i heard a huge branch break behind me instantly got chills left all my gear and my backpack and felt that feeling all the way til i got to the road i came back with my dad and all my fishing stuff was gone

  • @theprofessionalshinobu
    @theprofessionalshinobu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whenever I feel like being watched I will immediately shout "oNiI-ChAn~" or "DaDdY~" and just like that I stop feeling like someone is watching me :)

  • @waluigistan4666
    @waluigistan4666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When i walk to school it happens.all whilst i walk everyday.i feel it on the back of my head every time.

  • @nafrost2787
    @nafrost2787 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I got a feel like, somebody's watching me

  • @Samzillah
    @Samzillah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But why do I feel like I'm being watched when I'm the only one in the house?

  • @BibleTumper
    @BibleTumper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because of something you did wrong, fear of retaliation, revenge, unresolved guilt, fillings of remorse, not forgiving one's self, ect.

  • @malaksomeone5674
    @malaksomeone5674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have mastered this literally, I know when people hate me I know when people are staring at me and exactly who it is, I know when people are talking behind my back. Oof it’s weird I don’t even know why I’m typing this 😂

  • @joaoguimaraes1446
    @joaoguimaraes1446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel that someone is watching my life like an movie to not feel so alone.

  • @JaidenJimenez86
    @JaidenJimenez86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I quite like the theory that your subconscious has a lot more power than we understand - and that it is able to process stimuli in a different way to our conscious. i.e. you may not know there's someone behind you (as you can't see them), but the tiniest stimuli might be picked up by your subconscious (very subtle heat, noise, smell), that you otherwise won't notice, to generate that 'there's someone there' feeling. I can't remember where I was reading this, but I do also remember reading that this area is largely unknown and that this theory is simply unproven theory. It would make sense, going back to Hank's point about being 'primed' to flee potential predators (or the office manager).

    • @GreytPanda
      @GreytPanda 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So our brain picking up noise and thinking something it there is special to you? It's not, and we know that.

  • @christelheadington1136
    @christelheadington1136 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ...but when they're watching you with a hidden camera...

  • @McKiyato
    @McKiyato 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hoho! At first, I was not certain and I couldn't believe that my accuracy is occuring everyday, and I don't fear being in the dark nor when I'm alone. I became certain when there are lots of ppl looking at me unintentionally, and because of that, me and people, are shocked and are surprised everytime I feel the gaze or deep stares. And because of awareness of both me and them, of having the gaze detection, we became awkward (and now, I need to change that, haha). It is cool but frustrating at the same time: cool that I can detect eyes and perceive their thoughts; and frustrating, because it bothers me.
    There was an old lady, and I'm leaning at the lightpost, I don't think that someone is looking at me, because I am just chilling, the birds are singing my good evening, people are parting with the sound of their motor bikes...and my whole body suddenly jolt, and when I looked at where my vision is obstructed by the light post, I abruptly looked at where I felt the tingling and we were both surprised, but old lady seemed to shocked rather than being surprised. And from then on, old lady never looked at me again.
    T~T
    And there were people that thought they are so beautiful, even boys, that they flaunt themselves on me, and there was only one person that can understand what I'm trying to tell through my actions, and I'm thankful for that person.
    Still, T^T.

    • @McKiyato
      @McKiyato 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I have a job, that were just my rest day. Even though I'm at work and focused on one thing, I still feel that, even though I always forgot that I have this ability, I still feel it. I need to forget everything first and just focus on one thing so my mind does not wander.

  • @niabride7636
    @niabride7636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I also thank your Patreons on patreon, that I get to watch these videos even when I haven't contributed. Thumbs Up!

  • @amritsingh358
    @amritsingh358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like somebody is watching me through my own eyes . . ....

  • @artydragon520
    @artydragon520 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i got this video because i watch youtube videos when i'm scared that someone is behind me. oh.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is so useful to know!

  • @cloric1
    @cloric1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think modern living has dulled down senses evolved that were paramount to survival in prehistoric times.

  • @MoskusMoskiferus1611
    @MoskusMoskiferus1611 ปีที่แล้ว

    I suffers from Social Anxiety and Paranoia, the feeling of someone still watches you when you are in a completly void space is real

  • @lunacouer
    @lunacouer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dang, I thought this was going to explain the phenomenon where you look up from something (studying, reading, doing a task) right at someone who is looking at you. Meaning, they're not in your peripheral vision, and there's no reason to look directly at the person, versus any other place in the room. It's not even a feeling of being watched. You just kind of involuntarily do it.
    I've had it happen the opposite way, too - be looking at a person doing a task, out of their peripheral vision, and they'll look up right at me.
    Maybe it's a law of large numbers thing. I don't pay attention to all the times that I looked up from something in public and no one was looking at me. But I do remember those instances, because it feels eerie, and a little embarrassing for the person caught staring.

  • @drizzlingrose
    @drizzlingrose 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    when someone, especially children stare at me, i get a massive amount of anxiety... it kickstarts my fight or flight response.

  • @weakpig
    @weakpig 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I experienced this phenomenon several times myself. A typical example would be that I'm in my car, driving. Stopped about 2 cars behind a traffic light junction, I spotted a person (could be a he or a she, but will use 'she' for this example) with some peculiar trait that caught my eye. Perhaps she has unique hair color, or some form of special clothes she wore, or the way she walked. Whatever it was, it caught my attention and while gazing at her, she was in my mind at that point in time, and amazingly, this same pedestrian turns and gazes directly at me. No words were spoken and I didn't do anything special. There's no way she would knew I was thinking about her (or rather, about that special thing that caught my attention). Why is that?
    I experienced this many times. Whenever I had some stranger that I see on the streets in my mind, somehow, my thought travelled to him and something made him turn towards me, as if he knew I was the one who has my thoughts on him. In other situations, I found that I could make somebody sneeze just by thinking about them. Weird right? And you can't do this on purpose, the thought must come naturally and at the spur of the moment. If it's forced, nothing happens.
    anybody else experience the same?

  • @andrewgutmann9432
    @andrewgutmann9432 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stop looking at me, swan!

  • @23trekkie
    @23trekkie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like I'm being watched, especially when something embarrassing is happening.

    • @chattychatotchannel
      @chattychatotchannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marcin Pasternacki that’s anxiety babyyy

    • @chattychatotchannel
      @chattychatotchannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marcin Pasternacki oh yeah I don’t want you to be muddled I am not calling you a baby but rather saying it in a silly way as if it was a song. Anxiety is tough and I hope it gets better and wish you a lovely day

    • @gavinburns9516
      @gavinburns9516 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm watching 👀you now look behind you

  • @nou9021
    @nou9021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I feel like I'm being watched 24/7 CAUSE I HEAR FOOTSTEPS IN MY HALL AND MY ROOM BUT I LIV ALONE HA HA HA HAHAHAHA

  • @musicsnob4226
    @musicsnob4226 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still doesn't explain the phenomenon of feeling someone looking at you. Seeing where their eyes are looking is a completely different thing! I've been at rock concerts, massive raves, burning man, etc. I can feel when somebody is burning a hole in the side of my head. In a sea of thousands, I would turn and put my hands up like "WHAT?!" Sometimes they look away, others times they came up to me and asked how could you feel us staring at you? I don't know? It feels like in Donnie darko when those watery, tubes come out of people. I just feel it latch on to my energy. Like there is a pull. I can't explain it better than that which is even more frustrating than experiencing it.

  • @derlenx1097
    @derlenx1097 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes I feel like something is watching me from the shadows of a room when im alone at night.

  • @vrepitsa1083
    @vrepitsa1083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always feel like I’m being watched by people I like so I always have to not do certain things

  • @ThrottleKitty
    @ThrottleKitty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I once saw a video with neat (but kinda crazy) idea about electromagnetic fields around living things that your brain can subtly pick up on. It seems a bit dubious, but it could explain some very weird instances of people being able to detect other people in situations where they shouldn't be able to! And also why it's only ever a "vague weird feeling" that is sometimes inaccurate.

  • @ravindecavalier2912
    @ravindecavalier2912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I mean idk what it’s called but I feel watched when I know I’m alone it’s annoying

  • @Roman-hg6rg
    @Roman-hg6rg 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have always wondered about this. SciShow, answering the questions we all wonder about.

  • @slurvtrutl526
    @slurvtrutl526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stares at phone..... Sees Hanks eyeballs. 👀.

  • @mickeyshorts7780
    @mickeyshorts7780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't feel that someone is watching me, my eyes automatically turns to the person who is staring mee
    How to stop this ?

  • @SolidRebeI
    @SolidRebeI ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Because they're in the walls

  • @bassam_salim
    @bassam_salim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what about when you don't even know that there is someone near you and you look where you think that there's someone watching you and you find him starting

  • @abbiepetrush8986
    @abbiepetrush8986 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was walking home from school today and I felt like I was just floating through the streets, and I felt like someone in the sky was watching me and everyone in their cars was looking at me. Sometimes I feel like someone or something is constantly watching me and I have to put on an act. I didn’t even watch this whole video but it’s weird that TH-cam would recommend me this after what happened today.

  • @ShinyHappyPurple
    @ShinyHappyPurple ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a few band posters and printed off pics of my fave famous people taped up in the place where I sleep and when I go in there to go to bed I feel like I'm being watched. When I was growing up I thought that pictures of people could see and were watching me and it continued for years but I eventually grew out of it at last and I'm fine now.

  • @four-x-trading5606
    @four-x-trading5606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yep that is why I am paranoid but I’m not wrong I mean I’ve been stalked and sometimes I see people looking at my moves from the corner of my eye I can tell when someone is studying it gets really annoying but I know that is how humans work

  • @jawofajackass4047
    @jawofajackass4047 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Panther and the Giggle at 4:19 was hilarious

  • @jaygatsby6369
    @jaygatsby6369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i hate feeling like this. even when on the toilet or using my phone i feel watched, last night in bed i got goosebumps on my neck and felt like something was going to jump up from my bed and scare me, i always feel watched and absolutely hate it.

  • @grannykiminalaska
    @grannykiminalaska 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loss of peripheral vision really messes with this

  • @topic260
    @topic260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel this every second

  • @anaclara-bz9dj
    @anaclara-bz9dj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i always feel like im being watch in my own room

  • @cipollar
    @cipollar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    alphys are you okay

    • @Derlen
      @Derlen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I see we are on the same thing

  • @tawnyaelliott1268
    @tawnyaelliott1268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this does not explain when you are use to walking in a crowded city and there are people behind you and it does not bother you except on rare occasions when you know one of these people are staring at you for some reason.

  • @asprect7136
    @asprect7136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whenever I’m playing video games I feel like somebody watches me from behind me. My gaming setup is right next my staircase, sometimes I feel like it’s ready to kill me and throw me downstairs. Yea I do hear noises around the house, I’ve seen lots of figures.. It’s like some type of cult in black..
    They all stand next to eachother, straight looking at me. Then another time I felt something grab my leg. I pulled away quickly and looked down but nothings there

    • @parkjihyo5117
      @parkjihyo5117 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      same...i always see black shadows i feel like someone is staring at me everytime i walk around my house i feel like someone is behind me i have panic attacks i scared of mirros beacause i feel like someone is watching me from in the mirror i have hallucination and i also have anxiety so that makes it even worse

    • @dividebyzero6722
      @dividebyzero6722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you safe now?

  • @Lex_2003
    @Lex_2003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny you make this after I recently looked this up

  • @Kap0wB00M38
    @Kap0wB00M38 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heres the thing, i have the fear that im being watched, or that if im getting ready to take a shower, im not getting ready to take a shower and im really just undressing in public but i dont know and everyone thinks im sick.
    I havent been able to shower or use the restroom without feeling a big sense of shame for a month now

  • @s10blazzing
    @s10blazzing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This makes sense, but I’m thinking that maybe it also has to do with a sense of how the air around you is moving and of course sound

  • @forestine_
    @forestine_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every so often I get that feeling, and then it turns out a cat is watching me from some window.

  • @astroking3043
    @astroking3043 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got this feeling from secret cameras installed at my work place

  • @corvus9958
    @corvus9958 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    but what if i feel like im being watched when im completely alone
    a lot

    • @Partypartyyeah613
      @Partypartyyeah613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel that I’m guessing watched when it’s night time and when I’m trying to get some sleep.. but it goes away at day time

  • @videolab3010
    @videolab3010 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Having that feeling makes me uncomfortable and make me less confident

  • @MyThoughtzAndOpinionz
    @MyThoughtzAndOpinionz ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe that it’s tied into survival mechanisms. To help sense when a predator could be around. If you watch animal channels, you’ll notice that the prey starts to feel nervous shortly before being attacked.

  • @lllll108
    @lllll108 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    That does not explain how I can catch people staring at me even in a crowd when I am very short and thus their view blocked. Yet they are and I catch them.

  • @davidbuschhorn6539
    @davidbuschhorn6539 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next time you're in a store with someone who's high... whisper, "Everyone's staring at you."

  • @dalton6173
    @dalton6173 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This explains whenever someone is within your peripheral vision although it does not explain when someone is behind you orsay behind a one-way mirror and looking at you with the camera remotely...

  • @Fww.Miloo13
    @Fww.Miloo13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man I hear sounds in my hallway, one time I locked my door but it opened. I literally peek in every corner to see if there’s someone there. Or I just lock myself in my room.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So.. Gazedar?

  • @liquidbraino
    @liquidbraino 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doesn't explain why EVERY time I get the feeling I'm being watched I turn around to see someone staring right at me. I've seen other people do the same, was looking for someone in an airport terminal with hundreds of people, saw him walking away and the instant my eyes hit him he turned; looked right at me; walked toward me and spoke directly to me. Someone I had never even met before, he didn't know me; I didn't know him but I knew what he looked like. Explain that.

  • @naomic123
    @naomic123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks SciShow

  • @rico_20k
    @rico_20k 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always feel like someone is watching me and someone is going to kill me even though I know no one is there but I’m always paranoid that something is there

  • @GothicGamer2012
    @GothicGamer2012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like I'm being watched at random times even when I'm alone. Tbf I have poor eyesight and I need new glasses but in the dark and when everything is silent it's particularly bad.
    I suffer paranoia anyway so this can trigger episodes of checking locks a few times and jumping at every noise thinking there's an intruder. Then the more I think about the noises I'm aware that I'm less aware of my surroundings and an intruder can use that to get me, so there's this growing sense of panic until I find a trusted human or am confident I'm safe either through locking doors or turning on every light.
    Even when I go to bed at night I run up the stairs when I turn the lights off and have checked the doors up to 4 times per night on bad nights. Usually once or twice. If I think I hear someone outside I have to go check the locks again or lay awake listening for other sounds for a good half hour before I can sleep.

  • @thinker8682
    @thinker8682 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It just makes sense evolutionarily.

  • @endslayer5133
    @endslayer5133 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Why do I feel like SOMEBODIES WATCHING ME”