Reading Time: 4 minutesI was standing right there… yet somehow, I didn’t exist. Selective Memory Syndrome—the peculiar art of strategic forgetting, the classy way of ignoring someone’s existence. You see someone standing across from you, you feel like meeting him/her and you move forward with genuine warmth. But then, to your utter bewilderment, that very person catches sight of you and deliberately looks away. Turn face, suddenly become animated with whoever else is standing nearby, laughing and chatting—as if you’ve been pushed into some void of non-existence. The Shock of Invisible Existence This was someone you considered a friend—and your…