Together with Schopenhauer being considered a "pessimist", this is a recurring misconception. Not sure where you discovered that something like you described is

Together with Schopenhauer being considered a "pessimist", this is a recurring misconception. Not sure where you discovered that something like you described is stoicism, but it surely doesn't fit. "I'll pretend this person doesn't exist" is probably closer to a mild form of depression than to one of stoicism's main tenets, i.e., focus on what you can control, don't let yourself being derailed by negative emotions arising from facts outside of your agency. edit: typo