i have wondered about myself. i dont feel comfortable first day in church or joining a social group. i keep to myself. i have always f3lt excluded whether the sighted world or around blind. i was never a student at a school for the blind yet went to public school and felt excluded there as well. Mormon community and I am protestant. feminist and Democrat. Childless by choice. SMI Depressive disorder Anxiety. Monocular visual impairment is being blind in one eye. function vision in the other.. so you see i feel alone. verbal and mental abuse added to that. whew