Did you ever feel like you're a ghost? I mean, like you can see everybody,

[raccoon]

but nobody can see you.

[redwitch]

1. When I wear my invisiblity cloak it happens.

Sometimes I wish I could be invisible. Sometimes I hate being invisible. :hug:

[raccoon]

2. Same here, soul sister.

:hug:

[av8rdave]

3. I feel that way in the audible sense oftentimes

Frequently when we're conversing, my SO will turn away and start a conversation with someone else when I'm mid-sentence. She doesn't even realize she does it, which tells me I have little to say that's very important.

I also often find that people will ask me something that I just told them.

It's sort of like being invisible, which isn't all bad, actually.

[freshwest]

4. I try to stay out of phase with people walking down the street to be invisible.

[pacalo]

5. No, but I've had katpacphobia.

It's a feeling that comes over you suddenly & lasts for a few moments, where you feel like everything around you is a dream. Ever get that feeling? It's most probably from a moment of quirkiness in the equilibrium? It's a term my childhood best friend & I came up with during recess in the 6th grade; we took the first few letters of our names & added "phobia".

[raccoon]

6. Yes, I've had that at times. I wonder if it is dissociation. nt

[DoBotherMe]

7. Derealization

It's happened to me, along with depersonalization ... I was having an episode of depression. Still happens sometimes, kind of enjoy it. Dana ; )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealization

[Brickbat]

8. Yes. I have no idea why this happens. I am tall and confident, and I speak loudly when I want

people to hear me. But when I turn to people as a nonverbal cue that I'm about to start speaking, they often don't see it.

[marzipanni]

10. I 'd venture to say it isn't you

Some people are thinking all the time, or visually preoccupied, and can't multitask. :shrug:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. This is odd... a completely empty thread. Just a weird glitch, I suppose.

[marzipanni]

11. Quite often, and I like it.

Wouldn't it be awful to be famous and recognizable by the public, noticed all the time, and have the paparazzi chasing you? :crazy:

I like to look at people and smile a little, and hold the door open for the person behind me, or otherwise acknowledge that I notice them. If you look at little kids and smile they often say 'hi', and seemed pleased when you say 'hi' back.

[MorningGlow]

12. Pfft--I'm a 40-something female who's not exactly in the running for MILF of the year

Therefore: invisible. Yep.

[Kali]

17. oh yeah

fat female middle age = invisible

not ALL bad, mind you, because you get underestimated a lot and can have some fun with that}(

[TrogL]

13. People can't see me when I'm asleep

[femmocrat]

14. Yes, it's a common phenomenon of middle-aged and older women.

Happens to us all the time.

[raccoon]

15. Yes. But I'd almost rather be old for that reason, because when

I was younger, some dumbass men were always hitting on me. If you're a single woman living alone, and they know you don't have a husband/SO they'll have to answer to, some men see you as an easy target.


Edited to add: also, sometimes I felt like a ghost when I was much younger.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. I feel that way when I'm driving.

Somebody will pull out right in front of me, so I have to hit the brakes, and when I look behind me, the road is perfectly clear. I figure that I must be invisible when I'm in my car. x(

[Skittles]

18. fuck no

EVERYONE notices me :(

[AtomicKitten]

19. That's how I feeling driving here in SF.

I have witnessed some interesting smooth moves culminating in close calls where the only explanation is that I must be invisible to the other driver.

[Moondog]

20. I would LOVE than sort of anonymity.

But no, I'm not that lucky.