Have you ever looked in the mirror one day and concluded that you are 'simply not there'?

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My name is Patrick Bateman. I’m 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself, and a balanced diet and a rigorous exercise routine. In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an ice pack while doing my stomach crunches. I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial masque which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion. 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.

Sonorous · Accepted Answer

Last month when my home had no power & I was walking around with a headlight on my forehead, I would angle it downward so that I could see my environment more clearly. But one moment I glanced up at my closet door mirrors & was terrified at what I saw. So much that it threw me into fight or flight.

What I saw was a version of myself I had never seen before. The way the light was being cast down gave me an uncanny like appearance. So it didn't feel like I was looking at myself at all. What I was looking at didn't look human.

snackthatsmilesback · Accepted Answer

I didn't even realize I felt that until recently. I can't remember ever seeing myself in a mirror, not really, not like apparently other people do. I've brought it up with my therapist and it is a problem, but a fixable one. I don't know tho I feel like it would be weird to all of a sudden see myself every time I see the body. Like all of a sudden seeing eyes in a dark room. Doesn't feel like I'm even supposed to be there at this point. Unfamiliar face.

CrazyGirl2 · Accepted Answer

No! I have a complicated relationship w/ mirrors. Sometimes I see one and I just think “YIKES!”, yet other times, I look and think “Damn! I wish I was I dude, so I could have a chance at hittin’ that!” Then I remember masturbation, and I'm like “huh, oh yeah… NICE!😁”!

jazque · Accepted Answer

Yes i have. It was the year after my mom passed away suddenly. I felt like i was transparent Auto pilot

TheoPfeifle · Answer

Sounds like it might be related to something like depersonalization-derealization disorder. Are you in any kind of therapy, or is it something you would even consider?

Blackcosmo · Answer

I've never even thought of that before. Interesting...

RolandCuthbert · Answer

That happened to me one time during the Pandemic.  I was going stir crazy.

Ninania · Answer

No, but I do get that feeling during sadistic scenes.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

No.

Zolly99999 · Answer

I never thought of that... thanks for giving me something else to think of 🤣🤣

Guardian45 · Answer

I am neurodivergent and suffer from PTSD & PDD. So I have had days like this, sometimes weeks.

Lucy68 · Answer

Only on a Monday

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Once in a while

llorando · Answer

Maybe like once or twice.

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