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Is anyone else utterly invisible?

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GardeniaYellow · 16/06/2021 21:43

I was wondering if anyone else is as invisible as I am?
I am trying to think of a way to make my invisibility actually work for me but so far it's pretty crippling.
I'm forty, fat, furloughed for a year. I was almost transparent before Covid but now I genuinely question sometimes whether I can actually be seen at all.
I am extremely lonely and have tried (precovid) various ways to meet people, develop friendships. I've been messaging people for the last year checking in on them and received only one out of the blue reciprocal check-in. Other people either ignore the message completely or leave it a couple of days and then give me a short response.
There must be something about me that is creating this scenario because it's everyone who knows me and they're unconnected.
I half joke to myself (because there's no one else to make the joke to!) that I would be an ideal criminal as I am invisible.

OP posts:
Redsunrise · 20/06/2021 08:37

I suffer from 'selective invisibility"
at work when I require assistance, I am ignored. When everyone else needs help they come to me.

Strangely cannot walk down a road without being asked directions?!

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