Do you feel alienated?

[Perfection]

Sometimes.

That is exactly what I was going to say.

 

[warpus]

Sometimes, yes.

I'm not married and my life revolves around world travel. Sort of. I also hold a season ticket to a soccer team 2 hours away, so as a result of all that I lead very different lifestyle from most people who live here. While most of my coworkers discuss kids and what they're cooking for dinner, or whatever, I often find I can't relate to their discussions at all. I also have a hard time finding people I can relate to. Even people who aren't married often have wildly different interests than me, it's not easy to find people who love travel and soccer as much as I do. Throw in the fact that I'm an extreme introvert (in many ways), and yeah, I often do feel alone.

It's one reason I love travel. I meet so many people when I travel who I can relate to, whether they're 22 or 52. After each trip I usually go through a phase where I just can't relate to anyone here, and spend a lot of time daydreaming about my last travel destination and the people I met there..

Mind you a lot of this alienation is psychological I guess, since it's easy for me to meet up with some friends, and even though they lead slightly different lifestyles than me, we get along and have a lot of other things in common

 

[Live trash can]

I used to try to fit in... Now I know that it is everyone else who are wrong, Luckily

 

[Glassfan]

Bill Burr has a set where he jokes about how you have to expect old people to say inappropriate things - they were brought up in a different generation. As I get older I see society changing away from me. America changing (for the worse). My music fading. So yeah, sometimes.

 

[dusters]

Yeah. Depression several times, so dad doesn't understand how to help me and we lost the contact over that to a big extent. Being a gay transsexual person in a country with little LGBT rights. Having failed university 6 times due to money/ health reasons and therefore I'm 30 years old with no higher education or significant resume.

All my relatives, but mom doesn't know about me being trans, because they are too old/old fashioned to understand it.

My psychiatrist told me that I'm right to think that I'm super isolated, but that should change when I finish transitioning.

 

[Live trash can]

Yeah. Depression several times, so dad doesn't understand how to help me and we lost the contact over that to a big extent. Being a gay transsexual person in a country with little LGBT rights. Having failed university 6 times due to money/ health reasons and therefore I'm 30 years old with no higher education or significant resume.

All my relatives, but mom doesn't know about me being trans, because they are too old/old fashioned to understand it.

My psychiatrist told me that I'm right to think that I'm super isolated, but that should change when I finish transitioning.

Just some friendly advice dusters! You might wanna try being normal. you might find it easier than you thought.

I might be wrong, but who cares

EDIT: I have been informed that I might have offended some people. That was not my intention. If anyone want to discuss LBT-issues with me, I am happy to do that. I try to be cordial, but might come across as a cynic... or worse...

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[cardgame]

Yes. I work with a bunch of trump supporters and/or sincerely devout-to-the-point-of-delusional people. I live in a town of the same. There are literally no gay people in my town even on the down-low, at least not that I've found. At one of my previous jobs, a loyal and good worker with a bunch of job-knowledge has been working for the company for 14 years. He makes $9.87, while new hires from a temp agency get $9 after 90 days. He's anti-union. The few people who are my age don't share my interests. Even the most basic, video games; they are all on consoles.

This is who I am surrounded by.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

I manage to be an extroverted cosmopolitan and a misanthrope at the same time. I have yet to ascend to the level of masturbating in the marketplace or throwing barenaked chickens at Martin Heidegger, but I am close.

If I try really hard, I can be comfortable anywhere. For almost a week I lived in a moldy room in a Korean Spa. No Windows, no AC, everytime you leave your room you're surrounded by dozens of naked old Korean men that stare at you like you're E.T. Extremely thin walls, barely any privacy at all. Felt at home in no time, though.

 

[Lexicus]

What's that they say about anxiety and depression? That you want to be alone, but hate being lonely? Me to a T.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

Yes. I work with a bunch of trump supporters and/or sincerely devout-to-the-point-of-delusional people. I live in a town of the same. There are literally no gay people in my town even on the down-low, at least not that I've found. At one of my previous jobs, a loyal and good worker with a bunch of job-knowledge has been working for the company for 14 years. He makes $9.87, while new hires from a temp agency get $9 after 90 days. He's anti-union. The few people who are my age don't share my interests. Even the most basic, video games; they are all on consoles.

This is who I am surrounded by.

Location: Misery

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[Birdjaguar]

All those feeling of isolation, alienation, separation, anxiety, not quite connected to, etc. are all normal and everyone has them. You are all doing fine in the alienation department. Its the human condition.