I'm here because, no matter how common it is for a teenager to feel this way, I feel completely messed up and alienated. I have also always been able to speak more easily to online people than those in real life, so by coming here I hoped to share my thoughts and situations and get some help. I really also enjoy just being here. Everyone's so nice, and caring... reading old threads of people who help each other makes me feel a bright flash of joy, no matter how short it is. I also have an interest in Psychology and workings of the mind, so I often read the threads in a variety of disorders to try and learn about them.