[Psycom5k]

Originally Posted by crabapple

Ah yes, that certainly is true.

Remember, your sig image is a picture of a guy in the process of snapping mentally, and I imagine that you feel you identify with this person in some way. Well, yes, getting some help could work.

Bear in mind, though, what you said about having two or three friends who you feel comfortable talking to about yourself... You may not realize this, but a great many people find themselves in similar situations. The people around you can certainly be abrasive. There is no "little X button," and it doesn't magically stop when you "grow up" (if anything, the bullshit gets more intense!). Many people have only a friend or two they can honestly open up to; this is normal. Many people with "lots" of friends have only shallow, superficial relationships with those friends.

What I mean to say is, while you may feel put upon, the situation you experience is most likely something that most people experience, and you're not alone.

Whichever way you choose to help yourself through this rough patch you are experiencing, there is a high degree of likelihood that you'll come out of it okay. Unscathed? Well, maybe not unscathed. We all have little scars from our experiences. But it's very likely you'll be fine. Try to relax if you can.

The way you describe yourself, you are a decent person who tries to do what is right. As such, it is your job to suffer to a degree, to be the recipient of the abuses that will occasionally be hurled at you by those insensitive people. It's very possible that you would prefer to be yourself, rather than be one of them.

Thank you, seriously, you don't know how much reading that made me feel better. And Dante and Ferox the same to you. Its nice to know I'm not the only one that goes through this. Though I know its ignorant to think that I am the only one. Still, thank you very much.