[ejw8308]

My friends think I'm crazy because of the way I think. People don't understand when I am hurt I like to be alone. Sometimes everything will being going fine between my friends and I. They soon make a comments and I feel down, and make myself alone. Help!

[shakes]

What you are feeling is pretty common. Do you suffer from depression? Anxiety? Those things can really make it hard to communicate and be around others.
Being depressed gives you a different view on the world that can be very hard for people who do not suffer to understand. When we feel down people just do not understand and often do not try to. I think by continuing to come here you will find that lots of us have the same problems with making friends.

Jessica

[Wants2Fly]

Welcome to the forums, EJW. I agree that if you hang around, you will finds that social anxiety is widespread.

One thing that helped me understand myself a little better was when I stumbled on a book at the library about people who are "overly sensitive" by society's standards. Too much sensory stimulation makes us want to withdraw. It may be being with people, going to a mall alone, or even being a concert where the loud music "gets" to us. We need more time to recuperate from social and other sensory experiences. It made me feel less weird to read this book, by a psychologist, where this was described as just a difference, rather than a defect.

I hope you find what you need here, EJW.

[Myzen]

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My friends think I'm crazy because of the way I think. People don't understand when I am hurt I like to be alone. Sometimes everything will being going fine between my friends and I. They soon make a comments and I feel down, and make myself alone. Help!

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Hi ejw, I know the feeling. Everything seems OK, even perfect, then one comment and your blown away. A trigger hits you in an instant and you walk.

Some people say it's oversensitivity, I don't know. depression and anxiety can make this happen. Are you getting some help? Do you have a therapist?

I hope it gets better for you.

Myzen.

[bren]

Your thinking is just fine. I am the same way, and I get accused of over sensitivity. It's the nature of depression though to take things more sensietively. Let me guess, you have been buned a lot before by a lot of different friends. Isolating yourself is a protection thing, that allows your brain to get past the hurt. Unfortunately, friends and family that don't know anything about mental ILLNESS judge people for doing what they need to do to stay out of that horrible pit of depression.