Do you ever feel lonely?

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Just wondering.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qs54BYz2pk

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Misery Loneliness loves company.

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"You are born and die alone
You are born and die alone
You are born and die alone today"

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/puedo-ser-maybe.html

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Who cares?

Maybe that's the problem!

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An interesting interview with the author of "Alone again, naturally":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5IU72enEw

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Who cares?

Maybe that's the problem!

Stop trying to fix our lives. It'll never work, especially on this forum. Thx.

I can't fix anyone and nobody can fix me either. Also, I certainly agree with you about this forum and certainly there are many here who simply "don't care". Just because I can't change that doesn't mean it isn't a problem.

People do desire community and that's why some people are here. Online community is a poor
substitute for real community. As you may have discerned I do have a pessimistic view of human beings and what they are willing to do for one another.

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Not now. I'm part of a community, and have a partner and we love each other.  So I'm very fortunate. But in the past, yes from time to time. Heck, I lived alone for 30 years. I "connected" as it were through work, and my legal colleagues mostly.

Getting in tune with my sexuality was also obviously a big factor. There is no doubt in my mind that  the acceptance out there on the Fruited Plain by and large of one's sexual choices, and hard wiring, has dramatically improved the lives of millions of folks, many of whom were tortured souls.

 The moral of the story is that it is never too late to get a life.

Thanks for this. It is good to know. Personally, if I make it to retirement, it will be easier to "get a life". Unfortunately, having to spend so much time at work has drained me of an optimism that I might have otherwise have had, so never tell me "money can't buy happiness". Most people don't really believe that anyway.

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All my f#@*in' life since I graduated college. Gets even worse when in a crowd.

It is normal for an introvert to feel uncomfortable in a crowd. As someone who is very introverted, I don't know if extraverts tend to be uncomfortable in a crowd.

Until I knew about Myers-Brigss, I had no idea what was wrong with me.
I have come to believe that there is actually nothing wrong with me, although
I am different from most people, even those with a similar type. That is because
the types are an oversimplification of the differences between people.
The human race doesn't fit nicely into sixteen boxes.
The four "inxx" personalities are much less common the "es", "en", and "is" personalities. All introverts may have an inclination to feel different from most people, but I don't really know.