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Posted 7/18/2022 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
I feel totally hopeless.I don't think I'll ever fit into this world.At age 13 I completely withdrew socially from my peers. I'm 30 now and I still don't know how to make friends. Other people seem alien to me. A lot of the time I think the only reason I stay alive is because I care about the family members who love me. But we're all so distant...
Just moved out on my own a few months ago and I;m extremely lonely. The paranoid thoughts are coming back - the same that drove me into isolation to begin with, thinking everyone's out to get me, like I'm in some twisted version of The Truman Show. These thoughts take over and I always fail to fight them off. All the wrongs I've done are carved in stone, bound to haunt me for the rest of my life. Everyone knows my dark secrets. I'm the butt of the nation-wide inside joke that only I'm not in on. I don't trust anyone... Sometimes not even my close family.
And I don't think a single person in the entire world understands.
Please, Somebody, Someone, tell me you can relate.
Posted 7/18/2022 6:08 AM (GMT 0)
HI, SEEMS THE PARANOID THOUGHTS ARE VERY PERVASIVE FOR YOU ANY IN A FEW WAYS.
PARANOIA STEMMING FROM ISOLATION IS COMMON.
THE PARANOIA AND ISOLATION FEED INTO THE ANXIETY, AND OR CREATION OF SUCH AND THEN, THE EXPLETIVE HITS THE FAN.

SUGGESTION. SOME SUPPORTS TO CHALLENGE THE THOUGHTS, MANY FORMS OF THERAPY ARE HELPFUL, MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVED GOOS ASSISTANCE, I HAVE.
RENGAGING IN A SUPPORT NETWORK IS A GREAT IDEA, I DO WITH A SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPACTION SUPPORTS NETWORK.

A PSYCHOLOGIST IS GOOD, A PSYCHIATRIST IS GOOD, ESP IF A RECOOMENDATION IS MADE. A GREAT STARTING POINT IS A REGULAR DOCTOR AS THEY HAVE GOOD CONTACTS.

HOPE THIS HELPS.
WELL DONE ON REACHING OUT, A BIG STEP FORWARDS.
KEEP STRONG, HT
Posted 7/18/2022 4:05 PM (GMT 0)
Do you have interests? Hobbies or other things that you can use your time with?

Look at the past as lessons. Try not to think about it. This just makes you more depressed.

I know it is hard. I remember the bad better than the good I have done or experienced.

I agree with the above post about therapist and psychiatrists. You need help moving in the right direction.

Life is short, enjoy as much as you can. Move forward. One step at a time.

I hope that things get better for you.

Hugs, Karen...
Posted 7/18/2022 10:58 PM (GMT 0)
WELCOME KLIEN,

CAPS ON AS ONE MEMEMBER CAN READ BETTER. JUST FYI

KlIEN YOU ARE NOT ALONE, IN THE SLIGHTEST! THE FEELINGS AND PARANOIA IS EXPERIENCED BY MOST PEOPLE, UNTIL DIAGNOSED AND MED IS FOUND THAT WORKS FOR YOU.

I HAVE PUT A LINK BELOW YOU. FROM NOW ON TRY HARD TO BE YOUR ON ADVOCATE FOR YOUR CARE!!

I agree 100% a Psychiatrist with the ability to write meds, mine is also am MD.
Or a psychologist is the 1st order of business.

THEN a therapist. So many choices of how this can be done now.

One day at a time. CONSIDER YOUR INVASIVE THOUGHTS.
ARE THEY LOGICAL?
THIS MAY HELP YOU.

IF THE THOUGHTS TURN DARK, AND SELF HARM OR SUICIDE POPS UP

PLEASE CALL 988. SOMEONE WILL TALK TO YOU AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
PEACE AND STRENGTH https://www.mindful.org/compassion-gives-stability-wise-action/
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