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I can so relate, Borodino. I have spent a lot of time on this very question. People ask: "How are you?" and inside I want to scream "I SUCK!!! LIFE SUCKS!!! How come everyone else finds what they need in this life and I CAN'T??!!??" I think most people just want the socially poli...

I try not to dwell on the unmet expectations, i.e. the never being part of a couple (spouse, partner, soul mate, by any other name...) never having children of my own and the whole lifetime of milestones and memories that would have generated. To some degree I have accepted this reality, I mourn it,...

Anhedonia - the inability to experience pleasure or joy. This is what you are describing and it is the very nature of depression. You are still so young, and I am sorry that you are having to deal with this when life should still feel so exciting with the promises of a bright future...I often felt t...

That's just it... I don't know if there has ever been a "real me"... I used to think I understood the concept but now I think maybe it doesn't exist. I mean, I get it - be true to yourself - but right now it is really difficult to even define myself. When I have behaved in ways that follow...

...the more confusing the world is. I don't mean in an Alzheimer's kinda way, I just mean that the more I learn about the world around me, the more I realize how inconsistent this life is. There is so much beauty, yet there is even more evil and pain. Just when I think I know how to be proactive to ...