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Anyone Else Feel Like They Don't Belong?

stevens said:
Yes, for sure. Whenever anything with another person proceeds beyond a certain level of familiarity, I say or do something that doesn't work and it all fails. This is especially true with "social media." I'll have nothing to do with Facebook etc., but places like Reddit don't work for me.

I'm pretty good at casual conversation and can get started talking with people easily enough. It's just that it doesn't last. I'm really glad this forum exists, because it has a positive design and it's not rigged with algorithms to promote maximum "engagement." Forum type venues on the Internet always have been good for me, especially if they involve a special interest. Alas those kinds of sites are decreasing in number and have almost totally disappeared.

In real life, it's the same. I'm disappointed that 98% of people I used to have a professional association with have not engaged after I left actively working. I am lucky that I have two people that I have retained as friends, but it always amazes me when I meet someone who has connections that go back decades.

I guess "I don't belong" is as good a description for this kind of thing as anything else would be.
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Reddit. I cant use it. Sensational topics and every user is trying to be funny for upvotes, so any helpful informative posts are buried. Oh the humanity! :D
 
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Neurotypicals will talk behind your back if you try to fit in to one of their cliques, no matter how tolerant you are of them. That's a given, unless they have been taught not to by religion.
 
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I belong in the world. I never felt like I was on the wrong planet or didn't actually belong here. Society is not the world. If we focus on our (very dysfunctional) societies, it is easy to feel we don't belong. But, I'm not sure anyone really feels they belong there. Many people focused on society seem to have trouble living in the actual world, which is where they are. Though, I think they are also looking for something more peaceful and more real.
 
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