Groundhogging - the opposite of peacocking

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Do you ever get in one of those moods when you DON'T want to get noticed in public?

Like, some days you might deliberately try to present yourself as 'average' as you can and basically try to coast on by everyone without being noticed?

Do you ever feel like having the ability to become invisible?

Is the title of this thread ridiculous?

 

[diplomatic_lies]

Yep, I know what you mean. Theres been plenty of times when I don't want to get noticed, just want to slip into the crowd.

Usually its when I'm stressed and with friends, and we just want to sit in a bar lounge and relax and talk.

Or sometimes when I just feel like being an anonymous face in the crowd. Yeah its a weird thing, but well...

 

[organizedconfusion]

this sounds funny, but on days when i want a low profile
i take the spoiler ( the rear wing) off of my car.

i am usually a low profile guy so i totally understand where you
are coming from.
sometimes being low profile makes you stand out in a crowd
full of heckling drunks in a bar and actually brings more
attention to you.being spotted as"not fitting in" or "suspicious character" by some bouners,in some places they would most likely watch you a little closer.

 

[BrotherAP]

Many people go through their life 'goundhogging' - always trying to remain low-profile and unnoticed. Some people are just too anxious to do anything else.

I can remember spending a lot of time when I was in Junior High (yeah, that's casting my memory back there a bit) when I was obssessed with fitting in. All of a sudden, I'd get noticed for something, and I'd be so uncomfortable and self-conscious. I felt the pressure to make a good impression consistent with my 'normal' appearance.

And then I peackocked for my first time. Me and my best friend at the time decided to dye our hair together. I showed up to school with an electric green mop on top of my head - and you know what? I wasn't self-conscious at all. I knew exactly what people were staring at. In short, peackocking can give an insecure person a sense of control by letting them determine what it is that people are noticing about them.

Thankfully, I grew out of my self-conciousness, but it would have never happened that way had I not begun to understand how I can determine other's perceptions of myself.

Peackocking (and 'groundhogging') is a great experiment for anybody that is struggling to create an image for themselves.