Thank you…

Don’t give it a second thought. I’m sure they knew you were distracted and probably would’ve said thanks if you could’ve.

But people who do nice things for others (like me) do it out of courtesy and they’re usually pretty understanding.

If this website taught me anything-and I wish everyone could get the same understanding, is that you don’t know what the other person is going through at the time in their lives.

They could look confident, healthy, happy, but maybe they lost a loved one a short while ago, or are suffering through depression or anxiety (as you mentioned), so I usually give people the benefit of the doubt.

As I’ve gone through my own hellish situations in the past and had to put on a good face just to function in the world. So I personally try to be considerate of others and in most of my encounters with people in public, other people are usually nice too.

Also I’ve passed by strangers who were not so nice but I forgot about them a few seconds later…so I wouldn’t worry about it.

I should add there occasions I haven’t been too nice, like letting someone merge in my car lane when I should’ve and that’s because maybe I was having a bad day but it’s rare. Ofc I regret it after and feel guilty about it, but we’re not perfect and mistakes happen.