((((((((((Hugs)))))))))))

Although I have been on dates before, I feel exactly the same, because as others on PC know about me already, chronic loneliness is an issue I suffer from, since I can’t find a woman in real life that likes me. No woman ever asks me on a date or even likes me after we have met. Being alone forever does seem like an inevitability for me too, and there is little worse than living life believing oneself to be unlovable.

As someone that is close to your age (I am about to turn 22 years old), I don’t find that people telling me I am young and have lots of time helpful; indeed, I can find it counterproductive, because it makes me think, “I HAVE 50 MORE YEARS OF THIS?!” As you said, sometimes I feel like I would rather be dead, because it can be so painful to live each day alone and wishing for someone to care about you when nobody does. It can feel like I am drowning in loneliness and rejection - is that accurate for how you feel?

I don’t know what to say that would be of help other than that I totally understand these feelings.