It’s like walking into an insane asylum.
I had that once. I once had to visit a yeshivah man who was in an asylum. He was sick and I wanted to visit him...And all of the inmates were pointing at me and laughing at my beard.
In those days nobody had a beard, so they were laughing at me.
Don’t think it didn’t bother me.
For a moment, I felt discouraged.
But then I said to myself that they were the meshugaim, that I was the sane one.
But it’s not easy.
It’s uncomfortable.
This isn't true in the scornful, uppity way they express their disapproval of you.
Every single person alive has been put here for some kind of tikkun.
When a person completes their tikkun, they die (usually — Eliyahu HaNavi was an exception).
If a person never feels hesitancy, doubt, insecurity, awkwardness, anxiety or fear when doing the right thing, they probably are not working on their tikkun.
If they just feel utter confidence in everything they do and the reactions and opinions of other never shake them, they're probably doing something wrong.
Probably they're not pushing themselves out of their comfort zone.
Just as a personal observation over the years: People like that tend to be much less sensitive to others and regularly transgress important Torah values, like maintaining a pleasant countenance around others, smiling at others, encouraging others, and avoiding ona'at devarim — hurting others with actions and words.
So if someone really always feels brimming with emunah and never a weak moment and completely emotionally unaffected by anyone around them, they should probably also ask themselves if they are careful treat others with empathy, compassion, and gentleness.
Rav Avigdor Miller was known for his strong, fearless opinions — opinions based solely on Torah, not ego or a desire for honor or attention.
Yet at his own admission, walking through a mental hospital with mentally ill people making fun of him bothered, discouraged, and discomfited him until he managed to reorient his mind and regain his mental equilibrium.
In other words, even a very strong solid Jew like him encountered moments of discomfort, though logically, he needn't have felt that way.
But he did.
And that's normal.
So we needn't be ashamed of such feelings.
We should look at such feelings, size up the situation, then reorient our minds back to the right equilibrium.
After all, there is a purpose for such feelings:
And Avraham Avinu didn’t have only three hundred meshugaim. He had thousands of people, his compatriots, who were shouting him down.
Wherever he went they pointed at him and said, “There goes the lunatic. Terach has a crazy boy in his house.”
He had nobody on his side.
He was all alone, one boy against the world!
And that was the highlight of Avraham’s history because it was the greatest opportunity for him.
To remain strong in the face of opposition is what separates the men from the boys; it’s what makes your character great.