Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in terms of watching other people live?

[calebzz1]

Hey all, I was going to post this in Recovery but decided it would fit better here.

I remember getting this feeling a lot when I was younger but especially more now that I'm dealing with my complex visual impairment and realizing how life can be difficult.

It's like seeing the world in a different light.

I wonder often what someone would do in my exact situation due to the complexity of it and would be curious to see their actions to resolve it.

I open the patio door in my mom's apartment and dance for a little over twenty minutes which is one of my favorite hobbies.

I always nod when I see a car parking or passing by, wondering how they live their lives and thinking about what it would be like to have the opportunity to continue to learn how to drive again.

I've always been an observer and I low-key like people watching.

Since I have to live a simple life if my condition is incurable for a while and be temporarily disabled this feeling has increased a bit.

I often wonder what other people's lives are like and their overall situation, you know?

 

[Pluto]

 

[doomedbynarrative]

Hey all, I was going to post this in Recovery but decided it would fit better here.

I remember getting this feeling a lot when I was younger but especially more now that I'm dealing with my complex visual impairment and realizing how life can be difficult.

It's like seeing the world in a different light.

I wonder often what someone would do in my exact situation due to the complexity of it and would be curious to see their actions to resolve it.

I open the patio door in my mom's apartment and dance for a little over twenty minutes which is one of my favorite hobbies.

I always nod when I see a car parking or passing by, wondering how they live their lives and thinking about what it would be like to have the opportunity to continue to learn how to drive again.

I've always been an observer and I low-key like people watching.

Since I have to live a simple life if my condition is incurable for a while and be temporarily disabled this feeling has increased a bit.

I often wonder what other people's lives are like and their overall situation, you know?

I can't be out in public anymore much because of my conditions. But I'll tell you what, I spend A LOT of time on Google Earth. No joke, the street view function thingy that you can kinda drop yourself into POV views on certain parts of the maps in cities around the world is so cool. I can go a lot of places like that and see how people live their lives, walk the streets, cars, etc etc... I highly suggest you give it a try if your visual impairment doesn't make it unpleasant or too hard.

 

[NormallyNeurotic]

I was a people-watcher as a kid. To the point at I got in trouble for staring. But humans are so interesting.

Although sometimes I'd rather watch a successful person's life than someone with a life more like mine. Because I'd want to help too much to be a passive observer. Honestly, that's how I made most of my "friends" as a kid. Just trying to help everybody, even though I didn't know how to balance that with my narcissism. Adults didn't really teach me, because they were often the reason these people (and/or me) needed "help" to begin with.

But if I could watch someone that is living out the life that I wish I had been given a chance to live... I'd probably cry, but I still think I'd watch lmao

 

[Forever Sleep]

I'd like to be a fly of a different era- to see how people lived back then, although more- to experience the environment myself.

I wish I could clear up some unsolved disappearances or crimes too- although- that would mean witnessing them I suppose- which would be horrible.

I'm less interested in people's lives though to be honest. If I do start contemplating them, I tend to feel sad. Either because it's obvious they are unhappy and struggling. Or because they maybe are having a life full of love and success, which would probably make me feel envious to some degree.

 

[vergnano]

i have often imagined that im invisible and i can lurk around other ppl, but fly would also do