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FWIW, I find being alone/lonely when surrounded by happy bustling people is much more crushing than being or feeling alone with no other people around. In the
by sliverstorm 13y ago
FWIW, I find being alone/lonely when surrounded by happy bustling people is much more crushing than being or feeling alone with no other people around.
In the latter case, you can kind of ignore it a little, in the former it's right in front of you, teasing you, but just out of reach.
- RankingMember 13y agoAh yes, the ol' "alone in a crowd" feeling. You're surrounded by people, but you can't relate to them and don't see them as being able to relate to you, even though it's statistically likely that some of them feel similar to you and put on a good face.