Britte wrote:
I may be wrong, but, in case I'm not, I think what's happening is we can feel as though we are not cared about, we don't matter to anyone, we just exist here and if it came down to it, none of us would be remembered if we were to disappear, and on the other side of the coin, we may feel strongly about, or be fond of particular people here, however, too shy to tell the person how much we like them, or how they have added to our experience, here, and the people that we have refrained from letting know our thoughts, could be the very people who feel sad, depressed, disliked, as though they don't matter, etc. The perfect example of this would be; I don't have the courage to make contact with people here, and I have, on multiple occasions thought of making contacting with a few people in this very thread - one of those people being, Raleigh. I have felt like, what would Raleigh want to talk to me, for. I am nothing special. He probably doesn't even know I exist and I am completely boring, and so on. I don't really have anything special to offer, so no, I won't even go there. Well, perhaps Raleigh would feel less depressed about being here, if I had acted on those desires to reach out and tell him that a particular thing he said made my me laugh and made my entire day. I hope I don't get massive anxiety after I post this. I just think that perhaps it might be something to think about. We don't know what is going on inside of other member's minds, or hearts, for that matter. I am going to try and drop the fear I feel each time I feel the desire to reach out to someone, here. It isn't that often that I feel this way, but I do feel the desire, from time to time. I don't have ANY friends, outside of this place, beyond my family (who I do love and appreciate), so I want to connect with people - and I am, now getting majorly off topic. x
I agree. I'm afraid of appearing like a stalker.
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