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21 Apr 2008, 12:38 pm

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There's much more to life than society. I recommend discovering what you enjoy about life and do your utmost to expose yourself to it, and take as many breaks as possible from society. I learned from people on this website how to focus on the world and on life instead of on society. I've been doing it for a few months already, and been having a ball ! :)

I agree. Once I stopped trying so hard to fit in as advised by my diagnostician, peace reigned.

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Society is for me nowadays like the supermarket / grocery store / doctor's. A place I don't particularly enjoy going to but need to periodically in order to secure my existence.

I get my food delivered thankfully, not that I could carry it anyway, in fact, I don't need to go out unless its to the hospital or the occasional meet with friends. Its got to be desperate before I even go out to the shop - and thats usually for cake! Can't have my afternoon tea without cake :D



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21 Apr 2008, 12:49 pm

Aww, I'd happily bake you one and bring it to you if I could :-)


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21 Apr 2008, 1:11 pm

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It's not the world and it's not life. You're all referring to society, and calling it the world, and life, and therefore getting depressed. There's much more to life than society. I recommend discovering what you enjoy about life and do your utmost to expose yourself to it, and take as many breaks as possible from society. I learned from people on this website how to focus on the world and on life instead of on society. I've been doing it for a few months already, and been having a ball ! :)

Society is for me nowadays like the supermarket / grocery store / doctor's. A place I don't particularly enjoy going to but need to periodically in order to secure my existence.


Well, the problem is even though I feel like I despise society, I'm still incredibly lonely. It kills me. I feel like I need to go out into “society” to find the stimulation I need, yet it’s never quite fulfilling. At least not fulfilling enough to make up for the effort I must put in to it. I’m never am able to relate completely with anyone.



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21 Apr 2008, 3:07 pm

It's the same for me. I find I enjoy very much some things that humans make - such as music, architecture, etc. so I nowadays tend to connect more to man-made stuff than to man himself. :lol:


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21 Apr 2008, 11:22 pm

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Well, the problem is even though I feel like I despise society, I'm still incredibly lonely. It kills me. I feel like I need to go out into “society” to find the stimulation I need, yet it’s never quite fulfilling. At least not fulfilling enough to make up for the effort I must put in to it. I’m never am able to relate completely with anyone.


ya, i have this uncanny ability to be in a crowded room and feel completely alone and isolated.

i can actually get some satisfaction sometimes from the effort i put in. problem is, i don't know what or how much effort to put in so either i A) over do it, which creates a while nuther set of problems or B) experience paralysis and do nothing.



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22 Apr 2008, 8:55 am

Greentea wrote:
Aww, I'd happily bake you one and bring it to you if I could :-)

Oh how yummy! Let me know when you are coming and I will put the kettle on. *Excited*