do you do better when people are watching you?

[HungryForCereal]

as the title says, do you do better when people are watching you or the opposite? for me, i get stressed out easily when people watch me do stuffs and have chance of messing up. when i messed up, it feels like ive let down the people who are watching me with expectations or something like that.

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

I get nervous when people are watching me. I tried competing in a martial arts tournament, but I hesitated on one part of the form because of anxiety.

 

[That Zephyr Guy]

depends on the task honestly


if it's something that I can take my time with, I tend to rush and do poorly


if it's something that's going to be rushed regardless, I tend to shine more than usual

 

[Byngo]

nope i can't stand when people are watching over my backs as i work. its not that I'm worried that I'll mess up but i just.... don't like being watched at all. probably cuz of social anxiety

 

[Cailey]

I can't do anything under a time limit or with someone watching.
freaks me out, lmao.

 

[helloxcutiee]

It depends what I'm doing because if I'm confident about it I'll do great but if not I'll get nervous.

 

[Aquari]

yes lol, their eyes piercing through your soul, judging every move you make

 

[Buttonsy]

Nah, I'm not that kind of person. I need my own peace and quiet and space or else I can't focus right.

 

[Midoriya]

I don’t mind either way. Someone can watch me and be in my face and I’ll still be able to concentrate. Whenever I’m finally focused on getting something done, I’m committed to it until it’s finished. I don’t like skipping things either. It goes against my type of work ethic.

 

[nintendofan85]

I think I do about the same, but it is more stressful for me because of all the attention.

 

[Lemonsky]

I think I do better when no one is watching.

 

[Princess Mipha]

In general I do worse. Best example was when my teacher said I was acting sick on a day of a test
and I didn't come to school. The next week when I was better she made me do the entire test in front
of my class, on a projector. I was so nervous, my writing wasn't even readable, even tho I have a very clean
writing usually. People even tried to tell me the answers when the teacher wasn't looking, but I was so nervous
I wasn't understanding anything. Got a straight 6 (It's the worst grade in german schoolsystem).

And no, it's not really allowed to let someone take a test in front of the whole class on a freaking projector,
but hey.. my old school was being led by a really mean person, so he let it slide.

 

[moonbyu]

not at all.

 

[Bowie]

When everyone looks at you because you are the best, what can I say?

 

[cornimer]

I voted "no" because I don't do better when people are watching but then I realized the poll question was different yes, I stress out A LOT when people are watching me

 

[Alienfish]

I think I do better when no one is watching.

Basically. I hate the attention and people basically just waiting to correct you lol.

 

[LadyDestani]

I don't like people watching me. It makes me nervous. I try not to do anything that requires others to watch me, but sometimes it can't be helped. People will come by my desk at work so I can show them something and I never fail to make typing mistakes when they're standing over my shoulder.

 

[watercolorwish]

I perform worse when people watch because I’m scared of what they’ll think before something is finished. Its impossible to write or do anything when a teacher is watching and I end up just sitting there waiting for them to go away bleh

 

[Melodie]

It depends on the situation. However, most of the time, I didn't like it when someone watched me, as
I started to get too nervous and made mistakes or felt uncomfortable.

 

[Bcat]

good lord no. it makes me stressed to be watched and inspected.