i can't relate to people anymore.

I tried to be social for a while but didn't feel like I was really connecting with anyone, wasn't really enjoying myself, seemed to be doing a lot for other people but didn't feel like it was reciprocated. After a while, I just stopped being social. Now I'm lonely. So i guess my options are being a lonely hermit or enmesh myself in shallow relationships with people who don't care about me.

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Eternity · 26-30, M

I can relate to this. Option C is choose to be the user rather than the usee...but that has drawbacks too.

blindbob · 41-45

@Eternity what are the drawbacks?

Eternity · 26-30, M

@blindbob well it creates an emotional bile that builds up inside you. Over time it makes you cynical, bitter, less empathetic and colder.

blindbob · 41-45

@Eternity "emotional bile that builds up inside you." i never thought about it that way but that's exactly how i feel. i used to consider myself a very empathetic person but now i feel so unmoved by nearly everything. how do you purge the bile?

Eternity · 26-30, M

@blindbob I have no idea