Have you ever looked into the mirror and concluded that you are ‘simply not there’?

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“There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable,  I simply am not there .”

CrazyGirl2 · Accepted Answer

If I can see myself in the mirror, then by definition I am there. If I can’t see myself in a mirror, it’s because I am just at an angle where the light reflected from my face is reflected at an angle that does not reach my eyes. If I simply move in the correct direction, reducing the angle I will be able to see myself.
Remember the “Angle of Incidence Formula”
The angle of incidence is equal to the reflected angle through the law of reflection. The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection is always equal, and they are both on the same plane along with the normal. Hey, I’m #NotJustAPrettyFace

Have you ever looked into the mirror and concluded that you are ‘simply not there’?

SweedyPie · Accepted Answer

Me fr fr

theothersider · Answer

Patrick Bateman had severe psychopathy and was a sociopath. Meaning he never learned to identify his emotions with other humans and form attachments that humanize himself or others to him... thus which is why he felt like he had no feelings or "wasn't there" which is how he became a serial killer. if you identify with Patrick... and you haven't violently murdered a hooker with a chainsaw... then you should probably turn yourself in now because you will sooner or later.

meetkitty123 · Answer

I changed my look and I dont recognize myself lately. Its been troublesome. I dont know how to gage my appearance though people seem to be going gaga over it.

ArchaicArachnid · Answer

Unfortunately, yes. I constantly shift my views depending on convenience, adapt my opinions and personality depending on who I'm talking to and I'm unsure what I even truly hold dear. I don't know myself. I'm just hoping that by the grace of God I'll be able to figure this out.

Jltakk · Answer

Yep, I've had that happen. My brain just takes much longer to process what I am staring at. I mask around others without even thinking to hide my understimulation, and not quite being "present". So when I look at "myself" in the mirror, its as though I am looking at nothing at all.

HighlyVolatile · Answer

I'm usually there in some form or another even if I'm sometimes out of it. :-D I'm also not so materialistic, unlike Bateman who seems to base his entire self-identity around his possessions.

dorksided1 · Answer

yes- some of us have disassociation episodes due to trauma

DonkeyDan · Answer

No, I'm definitely there, but I want to know who that other reflection is standing behind me.

aided_ · Answer

if i were a vampire that would be pretty problematic

linka_pat307 · Answer

It happens when I should be somewhere else and not my current place (emotionally, physically, spiritually and success

TheLastRhodesian · Answer

When I look in the mirror I always come to the conclusion that I was more handsome when I was 15 years old.

cookiecrusher · Answer

Eat more garlic if you want to beat your vampirism😗

petitedollbabee · Answer

Never look into a mirror on LSD… 😱😂

NathanDavis · Answer

yes, but I do have some nifty tricks...

Apulu_Imback · Answer

Yes in morning after waking up from bed.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Yes, it's happened to me, out of body experience

amyisme · Answer

Then I realized it was a window

clampfan101 · Answer

That’s not how reflective surfaces work…

Cherry234 · Answer

No, never.

kitkills · Answer

That was emo

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