Anyone else just feel like there is nowhere at all they fit in?
I wans't so bad at school, as I had a few friends and people I'd hang around with or play football with, but since then just feel out of place all the time.
- Didn't feel right at university, because everyone else seemed to quickly form into groups and I was just on my own for the whole 4 years.
- Didn't feel right at work. Tried to make conversations and such, but always felt really forced. Didn't get invited to any of the group things they did really. Even if I was standing there when they were organising it.
- Don't even really feel right at home a lot of the time.
I've tried things like joining online communities, like I'm a member of forums for books I like and things like that, and a member of a "gaming clan". But again, even though it's been years, I don't really know anyone there at all. I'll say "hello" and might get a "hello" back on a good day, but that's it. They all get on very well and find it easy to chat to one another, but whenever I try and join it it seems forced and usually get ignored.
Even in a community of people with these similar social/shyness problems it's the same.
If you've experienced this..did you ever manage to find somewhere where you felt at home? Or are you still pretty much on the outside looking in?