I don’t belong anywhere..

I’ve never had a sense of belonging before. Anywhere I go, I feel like an outsider or the odd one out. Sometimes, it feels like I don’t even belong in my own family.

I’ve tried to fit in, but it’s like everything about me is so different to everyone else and I’m not sure why.

Obviously this isn’t something new to me. It’s been this way since I was a child. I’ve managed to accept this and it doesn’t bother as much as it used to.

But…I do have moments when I wonder if something’s wrong with me. What if I'm the problem?

Do you ever feel like this?

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ViciDraco · 41-45, M

Quite often. I've always been a little odd compared to those around me, in the way that I think about or view things. Though it's usually a trait people like. It's also a trait that has helped me grow over time. But that growth has put me somewhere in the middle of two worlds. I have grown beyond the confines of "home" and don't really feel like I fit in. But enough of home remains within me that I understand where the people there come from, and thus I never really fit in around the people who don't have that background either.

I am not sure if your reasons for feeling like you do not fit in are the same or not.

Henal · 26-30, F

@ViciDraco That actually makes sense..I’m not sure about myself though?