like.. all these people around me, on the forum, isn't enough support

like because no one in the real world is really taking their time to listen, I'm invalidated

I don't know. I don't feel ungrateful for you all (you're all wonderful), but I wish their was something more?

can I feel that way?

[Miss Laura]

Yeah you can.... sometimes when you feel alone or low in mood you feel your even more alone in the world. You just need to remind yourself that you have support and people around you

Originally Posted by Miss Laura

Yeah you can.... sometimes when you feel alone or low in mood you feel your even more alone in the world. You just need to remind yourself that you have support and people around you

thanks laura.

I guess it just makes me sound like a jerk.. hey, thanks for supporting me psychcentral, but actually it's not enough

I don't want to sound that way

[Miss Laura]

Your not sounding like a jerk at all, you are lonely well that's what it sounds like to me personally

[Anxiousvalkyrie]

I understand this completely. I always feel alone. Even with this forum and a very supportive husband I feel so alone, like nobody in real life really gets what this is like.

[violetgreen]

I understand, too. It gets rough, and I feel disappointed and tired of it all, too. I dusted off my DBT manual this morning because my emotions and anxiety are kicking my butt, for awhile. Nobody has the emotional stamina to really support me, is it like that for you? It is a lonely place, you're right.

[Unrigged64072835]

It's hard when you don't have people IRL to talk to. I manage most of the time but I do wish people would visit me. (I can't visit them with the agoraphobia and fear of driving.)

I know what you mean and I think it is fair to need supports in real life who you can actually talk to I think everyone needs that. Everyone needs multiple kind of supports this is one kind friends are another family again is different but we still need all of them and that isn't wrong.

[Yours_Truly]

I know what you all mean. What's worse for me is that I can't even reach out & ask for the support I need or open myself up enough to make friends on PC. My inhibition isn't that much better here than it is in real life. Sigh... so alone.

I often feel alone even if I'm surrounded by people. I feel I can't talk about my problems or feelings without being judged for them. I try to make friends and have had people kindly reach out to me but I feel like too much of a burden to take them up on their offer of friendship. I get paranoid about their intention due to past trauma. I completing relate to "wanting more" I just don't know how to actually get to a place where I can have more in a healthy way. Sending you hugs....I hope things improve for you soon.