For me it's just crippling when people throw around that word too often when it's not really justified and I loose all my confidence. How do you handle that to stay centered?

Here is a great article about it and a great definition

creepiness is anxiety aroused by the ambiguity of whether there is something to fear or not and/or by the ambiguity of the precise nature of the threat

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When we judge a situation or person creepy, we participate in shunning and social ostracism

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-is-to-be-done-about-the-problem-of-creepy-men