Have ou ever Been ghosted?

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I think I might have been ghosted by someone.

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What the crap is this??? :scream:

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Ghosting is the act of disappearing on someone. It’s common in the digital age for people to just drop someone without telling them.

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Thanks for the explanation.
I was ghosted by a friend this Christmas.
I had only known her for half a year. But I liked her and it sucked.

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I’m sorry! I’ve been ghosted on by potential dates a lot when I was doing online dating. I’ve also ghosted other people, which was very mean looking back.

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Yup, my high school buddies. Just "P00F !’ and gone.

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I’ve been ghosted by a guy that I was dating too. I didn’t really care that much though. Took me about a week to get over it. I took it as constructive criticism to my inflated self-esteem and moved on.

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Does anyone else here feel like they don’t care enough about people? I just need someone around. I don’t care that much about who sticks around. I usually never miss my friends or family, and I always thought it was related to sz.

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I think the only reason I would ghost someone is if they refused to respect my wishes to stay sober.

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Yes, by multiple female friends.

Now they are just somebody that I used to know.

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I’m usually the one doing the ghosting :cold_sweat:

I know I should just tell people I don’t want to talk to them, but I’m scared of confrontation even if it is just online, so I’ve found it easier to just stop replying or let the conversation die out, and hope they take the hint.

I know it’s cowardly.

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Some friends who start dating ghost. I try to reach out some friends who ghost but sometimes they don’t answer. A good friend of mine is ghosting me and I think it was because I ghosted him when I was having bad negative symptoms.

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That’s why I ghosted people. I was afraid of the confrontation of telling them I don’t want them in my life anymore.

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I’ve both been ghosted and done the ghosting. I can’t hold it against folks, since I fully understand why they would do it.

It happened to me a lot after I started telling folks about my schizophrenia. I think they were afraid of me, and worried I would hurt them. I was not violent, but I was behaving very erratically.

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People come and go in life, some I’m sad to see disappear and others it does not matter. The internet is more likely they will disappear, they can just block you oh some just go offline for many years, I know when Ill i tend to get paranoid and shut down the computer, I also shut down when I get to busy or I feel I need a break from wasting so much time at the computer.

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I ghosted a girl once because my “best friend” started attacking her on facebook because she was interested in me. And I thought that it’d be the easiest way to protect her.

I still feel so bad for what happened to her. She deserved better.

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I guess I am ghosting a guy right now though I didn’t know what that term meant before. kind of I forgive you but we shouldn’t text anymore thing.

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I’m 58 and appreciate learning a new word. I guess I’m ghosting a friend right now, but it seemed like I was always calling him. I’m waiting for him to call me just once. Who knows. Maybe he won’t.

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I think I might be misunderstanding. ghosting means you are ignoring them, right?