{"id":2193,"date":"2021-12-10T13:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T13:09:53","slug":"thought-for-the-week-do-you-ever-feel-invisible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thrive-coaching.biz\/test.thrive-coaching.biz\/2021\/12\/10\/thought-for-the-week-do-you-ever-feel-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought for the Week – Do you ever feel invisible?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The younger generation will tell you that being invisible is a good thing in computer games like Minecraft!<\/p>\n

But what if someone feels invisible in real life?<\/p>\n

You may have heard about how we can develop this sense of \u201cwounded self\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s a view of ourselves that we let affect us based on how our parents, teachers, friends, family members, and strangers treated us in the past.<\/p>\n

Imagine if you were in a situation like this \u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re in a meeting, crowded room or social event, and you look around. Everyone seems to be talking to one another \u2013 perhaps you arrived by yourself or you came with friends. Laughter fills the air, and your self-awareness heightens. You realise that you\u2019re just standing there, and you feel distanced from the rest of the people in the room. You feel as though everyone could walk right through you, as if you weren\u2019t there. You think to yourself, \u201cI just don\u2019t seem to fit in<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

You may have heard of Deepak Chopra, an American author and public speaker? Well, he explained that there are different kinds of invisibility. And if someone is feeling invisible, first, they must acknowledge what they are feeling and what aspect of themselves is being unseen or unheard. For example \u2026<\/p>\n