G'day. I'm a 17 year old girl who's soon moving to a new city for uni. This will be the first time I'm moving out, and I'm going to be meeting a whole bunch of new people. It turns out that I have hyperactive tear glands that make my eyes water a lot (I mean like, not just get teary, but with literal tears running down my face) whenever I yawn, when it's windy or cold outside, when I'm near onion fumes, etc.
Most of the people I currently know have known me for most of my life and know about my watery eyes. But even then, I sometimes get made fun of by other girls, and even some guys. I'm worried that going into a new environment and meeting a lot of new people who are unaware of my sensitive eyes might make fun of me or even bully me, and might think of me as a freak (I'm not, I'm just a plain old teenager).
So, my question is, how can I talk about this to people who think I'm crying when I'm not? Like, do I just give them a heads-up in our first conversation that I have watery eyes, or just wait for it to happen and clarify if asked. Right now, if I meet new people, I hardly mention it since they're not always people I'm going to be around long term, so odds are they won't even ever see tears in my eyes. But moving to a new city, living with new people, hanging out with new friends, it's a bit intimidating and I don't know whether I should at least tell my new housemates that I have this issue up front or whether I should wait till they see me yawn and see a couple of teardrops fall from my eyes and ask me why I'm crying before I explain to them. Sorry if this sounds very silly, but I am a bit of an introvert and am not overly comfortable with people and am scared of being bullied. Any tips are appreciated. Thanks.
TL;DR! I'm an introvert with watery eyes who is moving to a new city. How do I explain my watery eyes to the new people I'm going to inevitably meet without being awkward and without being laughed at?
Submitted January 24, 2020 at 08:39PM by AmyYawns https://ift.tt/38EzNio
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