What does this simile mean to you?

Question

'Like a spectator in my own life'

Answer 1

That the person feels as though they are WATCHING their own life pass by, they are not really out LIVING it. Where's it from?

Answer 2

I would interpretate this as looking at my life as an outsider looking in.

Answer 3

As if they are looking through the window but not actually taking part in the action. Its quite sad actually, as if life is just floating by without them :(

Answer 4

Its loaded with Irony. A fictional character suggesting that she feels like she has no control over her own life, watching it unfold just as we are watching it unfold as the reader.

Answer 5

kind of detached from themselves

like a fly on the wall

Answer 6

things are happening with no way of influencing them. being aware of the situation but powerless.

quite depressing, really...