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Why am I invisible to others?

Why am I invisible to others?

Am I too ordinary? Too beige? It makes me so sad when I try my hardest in RL to have friends and mean something to people, but instead, I am generally forgotten by my family and friends. I have my Mrs, yes, but most of the time she is too busy to pay me much attention.

Don't get me wrong I am not an attention seeking person. Maybe that's my problem? I've been volunteering for ages in a peer support role and while I make sure everyone is equally supported and those in crisis are catered for, others get the thanks instead. Just because I'm not seen as a load of fun and games and tackle the more serious subjects surrounding mental health. It kind of gets me down sometimes, it really does. Just because I take mental health, SI and SH and all the grisly side of mental health seriously.

In the non-virtual world, I have few real friends. The last so-called friend I had took my credit card without my permission several times and stole money from my account and charged things fraudulently to my card. Generally, she took advantage of me. I find making friends so difficult probably because, in the non-virtual world, I am really shy. I am also forgotten by my family. It has been months now since I last spoke to my Father and although months ago I invited him to lunch, still nothing has come of it. I know they hate me anyway. My Father has even said this to my face and told me he wished I was never born.

I guess in an extraordinary world we live in today, I sadly do not fit in.

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Re: Why am I invisible to others?

Hi @Queenie - i can relate to this a lot, i find it so hard to make friends, some of it is that life is so busy and i just don't have time physically for stuff or child free time etc. some of it is me not trusting enough. not feeling confident enough to not double guess everything i say...
I'm sorry to hear that your friend was not really a friend at all 😞 stealing from you was a terrible betrayal 😞

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Re: Why am I invisible to others?

Hi @Queenie,

I'm really sorry that you have so much trouble forming connections in the real world. I can definitely relate to that. My family and I mutually agreed to part ways thirteen years ago and my last friend walked out of my world in December last year. I super wish I had an answer for you as to how to "fix" the situation, but alas all I can say is that I can relate to the feelings you describe. I am super grateful for the connections I've formed here in Forum Land, and I am super glad that like me, you found your way here.

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Re: Why am I invisible to others?

Hi @Former-Member and @Phoenix_Rising, I guess it is welcome to the beige club for both of you too? When I was in high school, I knew everyone but had only a handful of people I actually spent time with but now we're older we've sadly grown apart.

Thanks for making me feel less alone.

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Re: Why am I invisible to others?

@Queenie and @Former-Member yay for being together in our aloneness.

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