I might go about this all wrong, and I know that, and I worry about it. I constantly worry that I alienate people with my responses, but that's a worry in my every-day life as well < socially inept

Sometimes I just come on to see what other people are up to and how they are doing, whether or not I respond.

Mostly, though, I end up reading through posts that catch my eye because I'm going through something similar, commiserating with someone, and posting like it was a support group and my turn to talk... basically just saying "Me too!", feeling inside like "Thank goodness, people who get it!" and I don't mean to hijack the thread from the original poster with my walls of text, but I feel guilty like I do that sometimes because I tend to be verbose, and I don't know how to express myself otherwise. That's what I mean about going about things wrong... it's just feels so relieving to know that other people feel like I do, and have people to talk to about things I can't talk about with anyone else because I know they wouldn't understand, that maybe I go overboard so I guess to me, my responses say "I'm selfish", whether or not that's what other people see, though it's entirely possible.

Other times I post just to support people, even if I'm not involved in their current situation, and can't offer any advice, just because I hope the person will feel better and be ok, and wish I could do something to help. Sometimes my words seem feeble and not good enough, so I don't say anything even if I wish I could.