Why do I constantly feel trapped in every situation I’m in?

I have a lot of trouble socializing, so I understand how you feel in that regard. It's a hard thing to reckon with, that feeling of being defective and alone, and unfortunately it doesn't seem to get much better. But it's also important to remember that social media is also known to advance the exact effect you're talking about. Everyone wants to appear like they have an interesting life and they're all put together, so they distort things in innocent little ways and hide their own loneliness until everyone feels this deep-seated sense of inferiority.

I'm deeply impressed with your career progress so far, and the impact you have on your community through your work is truly beautiful to behold. To be honest, I often look at your online presence and begin to see you as one of those mythical perfect people with adventurous and exciting lives. But when it comes down to it, we're all just lonely bastards trying to navigate this overly individualistic and isolating society.

I somewhat know what you mean. I feel like that most of the time with my family. I feel so behind everybody

I'm sorry you feel that way but you really are doing amazing 🤗 you're doing what you want to do, you just got promoted, your life is still entirely in your hands.
The social life thing is honestly fun when it's done in bursts imo. When it's all the time, it's loses it's luster.

But you had to move further away from the family you were closest to growing up. It's hard to start new in situations like that. Meet new people that you're comfortable with, establish yourself again. It's not easy & even if it's been years it could still be like that. It's not easy

I don’t connect with anyone really and my family is dead. Even my friends are weakish because I’m different in ways that they don’t understand.

Most of the time it’s okay, but I do get sad and lonely sometimes.

I thinks it’s easy to feel stagnant when comparing ourselves to others. But we don’t see their lives moment by moment the way we see our own. So we look at their lives and essentially see the highlights not all the little nothings in between.

Move back to be closer to family? I recently moved 500 miles to be closer to my family. It’s nice

Are you comparing your progress to that of others? 🥺

its the obstacles of adulting. and they can really suck at time

Actually that sounds like me too