I'm subscribed to a bunch of forums on Reddit for things I am interested in but it feels very anonymous on there. Also everyone seems younger than me and smarter than me but I suppose that's just something I'm going to have to get used to.
Welcome to the forum! I think a lot of people on here will understand the problems you've been dealing with. I hope things continue to improve for you.
Yes, I do prefer silence and solitude, always have done. Sometimes I think it's a blessing that I can be content in my own company, but when I look back over my life I can see that spending so much time alone has actually been quite damaging.
I do talk to my workmates but I don't really consider them to be friends. In some ways I find it easier to be sociable at work because there isn't any pressure or expectation that we are supposed to have anything in common.
I do feel the need to give something back. I feel as though I have led a selfish and self-absorbed life and I wish I could change that somehow. Problem is that anxiety problems and lack of social skills make anything that involves dealing with other people a non-starter. I know that I am a...
If I could press a button and make it so that life had never started in the first place, just somehow make it so that the last four billion years of suffering had never happened....then I might.
But if I pressed the button to make the earth explode today then all that four billion years of pain...
95% given up. I would have to meet a peculiar woman with peculiar taste in men, and peculiar women are rare by definition. I've only ever met one woman I was compatible with and I stuffed that up so I can't really expect to meet another one.
I think it's good to be exposed to as many different points of view as possible. I'll never understand people who only consume media that isn't going to challenge their ideas. I think I prefer reading books that make arguments I don't agree with. In fact I have found that if I start reading...