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Feeling Like I Dont Belong

That is sort of what I'm working on with my counselor is getting over the traumatic memories I have of my childhood in this life so I can get over the fear that I have.
 
Keep going with the work you are doing with your counselor. You will get though this. Love the idea of using the meetup app.
 
Sorry to revive this topic, but I'm still feeling like I'm in the wrong place and time and wish I could escape to the forest world. I'm just not sure what to do. I try to tell myself I'm here to use my talents and it helps some to know I have a reason for being here, but I still feel like I'm stuck in the wrong place and time.
 
you are the only one like you because we are all created to be unique. You are not alone, people are talking to you in this forum, we are here and you can talk to us.
 
It is natural for everyone to feel out of place at one point or another. Many people here have felt extended periods of out-of-placeness. Some people post about missing certain locations, some about different time periods, and others still about different planets and mythical locations.

I go through this often. This existence can feel so wrong sometimes that I become temporarily convinced that I will wake up under some tree with a sword strapped to my belt, and all will be right with the world again.

The problem is that we are here now. We have to decide what to do with that. Find something to do that you find fulfilling, or perhaps take the time to strengthen a friendship. I cannot guarantee that longing for other places will ever go away, but if you can make enough good reasons to, you will find that you belong here and now as well.
 
Well, I can say that you are definitely not alone, because this could be me! I've never felt like I belonged anywhere. I have a few great friends, which makes life more bearable, but it would be nice to feel as if I actually belong on this planet, like I wasn't accidentally misplaced or something. If anyone here is familiar with "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," by Douglas Adams, then they'll understand what I mean when I say that I feel a bit like the character, Ford Prefect: stuck on this stupid world with its ridiculous humans, wishing I could hitch a lift out of here. It's not really a matter of finding a purpose; I'm 54, if I haven't figured it out by now, I probably never will. Or maybe that IS the problem and I just don't know it. All I know for sure is that I have never liked being around people, not even as a child, and I still don't. (It's unfortunate, really, because I always end up in customer service jobs, dealing with people all day.)

In a group of people, I feel like I don't belong, like I have nothing in common with anybody, and I can't make myself be interested in the same things they are. I try, though. I went to a political rally/meet-and-greet type thing for a local guy who's running for office, and felt absolutely NO connection to anyone there. I simply occupied a space, nothing more. It's the same at any event. I'm on the outside, looking in, watching other people having fun and doing interesting things. I keep wondering where I DO belong.

Oh, and I have two cats as well, Elvira and Stormy. :)
 
It is one thing to feel like this once in a blue moon and another to know beyond the shadow of a doubt which is the case for some like myself. Society these days is horrendously evil with every matter dark hearted thought and ill intent it makes me wonder why anyone would want to live in this world for as long as they do let alone forever.
 
I feel the same way. There are some nice people, of course, and lots of natural beauty in this world, but humans as a whole are just plain rotten and can't do anything right. They never learn anything, not really, no matter how many times they repeat the same stupid mistakes. What's the point of all this misery and unfairness? It just creates more misery and unfairness, so it never ends. I wonder if there is some world whose inhabitants don't live this way. Maybe they regard Earth as the bad neighborhood of the galactic community, the streets you never go to because it's too dangerous and your kids could get murdered.
 
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