Do some people just have a harder time being liked?

Maybe you Are suffering from some level of narcissism. At least, I have been feeling similar and I realized that that was the case for me. And no matter how nice and sweet and caring and accommodating I am, it colors my view of where I belong in relation to other people. Maybe it's just because I've never gone thru someone actually disliking me so I get sensitive to it and afraid of it and hold myself back.

Also, part of being sensitive can be interpreting relationships as closer than they actually are. I get the feeling that most less serious connections for people are extremely casual and come and go and they are OK with that. But maybe I and or maybe you are more sensitive to when they are just busy with their own life. I have trouble forming attachments personally.

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When I was growing up, it was very hard for me to make friends cause I was extremely shy and never knew how to approach people. Through out School things got worse for me cause people picked on me, bullied me and wanted to fight me and I didn't even do anything to anyone. People were always out to get me and I'm not sure why that is. So I tried distancing myself from everyone during my last year of High School and not that much happened to me which I was thankful for but it was also depressing cause nobody would talk to me much either. It's something I think I'll never clearly understand.

I have finally cracked the code of niceness. I use it for more shallow socializing. My closer friends have gotten used to how I am. They know I am a well meaning and reliable person. To people that don't know me well, I act nice, I smile, I compliment, I sugarcoat, I talk in many words instead of a few. It's a little soul eating but no pain no gain.

Dark sweetie, you could have a point. I notice that I accidentally talk about myself a lot and am constantly working on doing less and have made a lot of progress. I can honestly say that I don't find myself better than others though.