i just remember feeling so lonely no friends & feeling like i wasnt like others & like i didnt belong i remember feeling this way as far back as i can remember even kindergarten i remember as i got older i overate a lot to self med & then eventually got into booze & drugs did anyone else ever feel this way? i dont know why a child would feel that way so early my brother also had mental problems very early i have an appt with t coming up & im going to ask him my brother also ended up in drugs starting at 13. my mom dad grandparents didnt drink or anything my mom & dad just divorced when i was a baby i played with some girls until 3rd grade but then just started feelin like i didnt measure up & so i became a tomboy until 13 then i didnt know where i fit. had a few friends thru school that were girls but i wasnt comfortable in my own skin i just wanted to be in with popular girls at school dont get me wrong im thankful 4 friends i had but just always hated myself later when the two girls i ran with when we got older i felt like a third wheel & got in with a bad crowd.