How do I get past this feeling?

I feel like no matter how good I am to others, it will never be fully and genuinely returned.

I can be straight and honest with a perfect stranger. Because it's the right thing to do.

I feel like people really don't care.

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Notanymore · 36-40, M

Sometimes people don't think enough to care. Some people don't have the time or any emotional room to give their best to someone that's a stranger. Possibly because they're overwhelmed, like so many seem to be these days, with their own issues, thoughts and stresses. But I don't know.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@Notanymore True. Maybe that's the case.

But what if they're family or you've known them for years?

Notanymore · 36-40, M

@Nevaeh0081 I understand that, and don't really know the answer. I suppose, however, that it's the people that are around us most that lean on us most, that take us for granted the most when we need them. It's hard for to blame anyone for being oblivious, personally, I think they're also caught up in themselves and their needs to be able to see.

Nevaeh0081 · 36-40, F

@Notanymore Good point. ☝️ Communication. I need to see about that. Thank you for your take on it. 🙏