(((Suzzie))),
I have felt that way at different times in my life as well. I have felt that way last year especially when the PTSD symtoms were bad. I personally feel that what it means is that one is really more disconnected with one's self.

I think that came from my childhood and often feeling "not good enough" somehow.
I did find that when I was around children, babysitting, and reading them stories, I was much more able to "connect" because children don't truely "judge" like adults do.
Children just like to be paid attention to. That is really how I learned to open up and even get more in touch with myself.

Often times people can be "shy" or "distant" or even "disconnected" because they don't know themselves and would rather be "invisible" somehow. If someone suffered abuse, they learned to "look away" from the abuser, especially if they were children.
So, when they get older and feel uncomfortable, they may feel that need to look away as well.

It takes time to learn more about one's self, and also learn to be "friend to self" and slowly a confidence can be built up so that it gets "easier" to connect to others. We begin to realize we are not very different from others.

Open Eyes