I wish I was like other people

Alyosha

Alyosha

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I am always wishing that I was like everyone else. I see people socializing with such ease and it fills me with envy. I don't want to be envious of other people but I can't seem to help it. This envy causes me to resent outgoing people. Does anybody else feel this way?
 
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Kustamogen

Kustamogen

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yup....its kinda how it goes with anyone with anxiety issues....people that can just enjoy life make you hate yourself and thus you hate them for being what you cant.

its perfectly natural. Just gotta use them as a template for how you want to be one day.
 
Bemzy

Bemzy

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I know how you feel.

The envy was also eroding me from the inside a while ago. Then at one point I simply stopped caring and my life got a lot better.

I know this might be hard for you but try it:)
 
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gettingbetter

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Alyosha said:
I am always wishing that I was like everyone else. I see people socializing with such ease and it fills me with envy. I don't want to be envious of other people but I can't seem to help it. This envy causes me to resent outgoing people. Does anybody else feel this way?
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Yes. I also feel very intimidated and embarrassed around those types. I cant help it, but i do feel inferior to them. it's like what they do is what "all youngsters are supposed to do".....If i think about what they get up to i feel physically sick. It scares me ALOT. ::eek::
 
Falkor

Falkor

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oh yeah... I envy ''social'' people, sometimes, I don't wanna be jealous,
But I really wish I was like them. That would make my life so much better.
 
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jbeenthere

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Yes I am jealous of people who are not afflicted. I don't want to be like them but i do want to have the choice to act like them if I wanted. I would rather read a book than go to a party most of the time.
 
brokenfingers04

brokenfingers04

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Better to be envious than jealous. Theres a fine line between the two. When I envy someone, I don't hate them, I just wish to be on the same level and perhaps learn from them. When I'm jealous of someone, I'm on the same level but not doing as well for whatever reasons and I want to bring that person down a peg or two. I want to see that person hate me like I hate them.

I don't want to hate people just because thier doinlg better than me.
 
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Silvox Black

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It is natural to wish that, even if it were for a moment, you could live a life as those other "happy" people live. Many of us, including myself, have felt it. After all, it hardly seems fair that due to a cruel twist of fate we have to stand and watch as others socialize and live with nowhere near as many problems as us. I share your sentiments.
 
lyricalliaisons

lyricalliaisons

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I don't resent outgoing people, I don't even want to be outgoing, I just want to have a decent life & be able to communicate to others properly.
 
Day_Tripper

Day_Tripper

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For some crazy reason, I went on facebook to look at where in life my old elementary school friends are. I feel like they've all turned into the same outgoing adult (the girls dancing at nightclubs, the guys looking ultra-confident), while I've stayed the shy kid I always was. Any one else feel the same, like everyone around them is changing while they're in slow motion?

I wonder, am I some sort of freak of nature? I hope not! I'm the creative type, and artists are supposed to be in touch with their inner kid. So hopefully being different works in my favor. Of course I tell myself that when I'm in a good mood, otherwise I feel like I flat out suck. :p
 
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Day_Tripper said:
For some crazy reason, I went on facebook to look at where in life my old elementary school friends are. I feel like they've all turned into the same outgoing adult (the girls dancing at nightclubs, the guys looking ultra-confident), while I've stayed the shy kid I always was. Any one else feel the same, like everyone around them is changing while they're in slow motion?

I wonder, am I some sort of freak of nature? I hope not! I'm the creative type, and artists are supposed to be in touch with their inner kid. So hopefully being different works in my favor. Of course I tell myself that when I'm in a good mood, otherwise I feel like I flat out suck. :p
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I feel EXACTLY the same way. It's not like i dont want to feel jealousy or envy, i just cant understand why there aren't more "everyday" people about, that would actually like to have conversations and spend time together.
 
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