I resurrected this thread from a few weeks ago for a few reasons. First, some of our newer members may not have seen it, and second, I am starting to feel this way. I am getting intimately involved with people I've never even met and don't know their names, and any kind of intimacy is so hard. I'm compelled and obsessed by PC. I want to be on here all the time and at the same time I'm starting to want to stay away. Some of you feel more like family and friends than anyone I know personally, and ANY kind of intimacy for me is a BAD thing. It brings out the worst in me. I CAN'T stay away, but I NEED to to some degree. What can I do to find a happy medium? I need your support, but I feel as though it's not real, it's virtual, it's not something I SHOULD have...I shouldn't feel anything towards anyone on here, it's not REAL. It's why I've been soooo hesitant to make friends on here. I want friends, I need friends, but at the same time I don't know how to deal with friends. My social skills in this area are close to nonexistant. I was once a guild leader on World of Warcraft. I ended up getting very distraught and quitting after several members of my guild quit with no notice. Abandonment issues ya think? I act like a little kid whose candy was just stolen. Help? Ideas? How can I find that medium?