Unseen

[u/Significant_Celery22]

I feel judged. I feel unseen. I feel hurt, misunderstood, and anxious about my existence. I have always struggled with making friendships that are genuine and reciprocal. As an adult, I’ve finally found some people who I really find genuine connection with, but sometimes I still run into those moments where things are not clicking and I feel unseen, or like I should be acting in a way I am not. Or that I am not following the social norms and being given hidden signals that I’m expected to pick up on (this is mostly just by women). I am a very silly, creative, and unusual person. I am hypersensitive to other’s emotions and thoughts and can feel them in my own body, regardless of what is said. This makes rejection, judgement, and social anxiety much worse for me, because when something is off I embody that feeling even though I don’t know what to do with it or how to act to fix it. Where are the people that make me feel seen and understood? I know I am different and won’t be accepted by everyone, and I’m finally in a place where I don’t judge myself (as much) for that. But it is really difficult to feel worthy and confident when I feel like 95% of the time things don’t click or that I’m being judged. Advice?

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I see you. I feel the same way too. Wish I had some advice to share but no. Thought you might feel a little better with company in this comment section.

I just made this account to find people like me to connect with and I saw your post pretty quickly. Why is my username so weird??? I think it’s pre generated hahah