xenophobia

When I was in middle school, I remember looking at all the other kids during post-lunch recess, and thinking that they were incredibly annoying.  Maybe even nerve wracking. They were so frenetic.  Maybe it was just a defense, but I don't recall it feeling as though they had something I was lacking.

It felt like they had something that was completely alien to me.  It's only made me ever more nervous, since.