Okay maybe this is normal for others but I grew up people hating on me and bullied me. Nobody wanna talk to me, shared food with me, sits with me, because I have some sort physical hmmm idk how to say it...almost disfiguration(let's call it, "the thing") but it's not as prominent now. I'm 29 now, the "thing" is still visible and I always feel like I'm ugly and insecure about it (i can't talk about it much because I don't want my friends or family to identify me here).

But weirdly as I grew up, people are so friendly towards me. Random strangers. In the train, groceries, or my office building. I'm not used to it, so it felt weird , but not bad. But sometimes cashier will make conversation with me (and to some extent...flirt with me*). Some would even say I have a nice glasses or cool watch (more than one people, like 5 already at this point). People always approach me for directions, even tho there are other people around me. And just casual hi and morning randomly in the train or around my office building even tho I don't know any of them. To some extent, a lot of people knows me to the point they point blank said my name. (like I said, physically, I'm so easy to identify because of the "thing").

Am I living in The Matrix?

Again, sorry if this is cringe, I'm just not used to it, I just naturally thought everyone would hate me and find me creepy and disgusting 😭