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I Just Need Someone I Can Talk to

A personal story in the experience: I Want to Make Friends
I wish I could just have a meaningful conversation with someone for once or just talk about random stuff - just really talk. I can't talk 'properly' with anyone around me and I don't feel that I can really trust people to accept me as I am.

I feel so lonely sometimes; even though I do have people whom I can call friends. It doesn't help that I find it frustratingly hard to make new (real) friends. So I came to this website to see: does anyone else feel the same way?

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Posted Feb 9th, 2009 at 11:46AM
I know what you mean! And i know exactly how you feel. I have one or two friends but they're not really friends. I guess you know what i mean. It's hard to find true loyal friends nowadays
     
Posted Feb 9th, 2009 at 11:55AM
That's exactly it. It's as if you can be around people but still not really connect and you end up being alone anyway. Also, people can be so two- faced which is why I stopped hanging around with my old 'group.'
     
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Posted Feb 10th, 2009 at 1:21AM
We all are wanting someone to talk too. The trick is finding those who are willing to listen to those who need to talk, plus give back a supportive, honest option back and not just BS.

Feel free to contact me if you want to talk.
     
Posted Feb 14th, 2009 at 8:24PM
I totally know how you feel, I just moved to a new school. Away from all friends. :(
My only real friend moved to another country.
Just to let you know-your NOT alone.

What I sometimes do find helpful is talking to your parents. I know it sounds a bit weird at first but, when in the right mood, the tend to really understand.
Just sit and talk for a while.
Hope this helps.
     
Posted Feb 15th, 2009 at 11:58AM
Damn that must suck :( *hugs*
I have actually talked to my parents a couple of times, and your right. In the right situation/mood it does help and they do understand, which is no mean feat seeing as I don't always get along with my dad.
     
Posted Feb 16th, 2009 at 9:26PM
Thats how it is with me as well. :( Except in my case, the reason I cant talk properly or from within me is because I'm an entirely different person in public. I wear masks all the time, wherever I go.
     
Posted Feb 17th, 2009 at 5:52PM
I've written a poem about something like that :). Only yesterday.
     
Posted Apr 1st, 2009 at 8:57PM
My 'mask' is a big stupid grin. No matter who I'm talking to I always have this stupid smile, and if someone tells a joke no matter how stupid I think it is I will laugh. I don't mean to do any of this stuff, behind closed doors I'm a great guy, but before the public eye I shrivel up and become this stupid 'yes' man.
I keep telling myself that I just need to train my mind to act differently in those situations, and everytime I go out I try so hard to branch off and show a side of me that's real. But in the end, no matter how much I want to avoid it, I end up standing at the back of the group, following them around so that at least I'm not alone, and still as quiet as a mouse.
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Posted Apr 3rd, 2009 at 11:03AM
That can be me too Issac. Inside, I will be kicking myself. I don't even know when I began to do this. Was it when I hung around (silent, at the back of the group too) some "friends" who were incredibly judgemental? Did it start when as the silly younger sibling, I wanted approval from my elder brother?
This is the part of me that I'm trying to change. I keep thinking I've changed immensely. Then, when I'm in another one of those situations, I can see that I was kidding myself and that there might always be that little, nagging insecurity that keeps me this way.
This is one of my big goals - to change this way of behaving.
It's ironic in a way. We are all wearing masks, and we all have similar fears, yet despite this, we are kept separate and unable to communicate.
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Posted Apr 3rd, 2009 at 12:31PM
I know how you feel, musicspirit. It seems hard to times to have a meaning conversation to people. I guess it depends on the situational. For me, I am just shy and I don't like to be first one to speak.

@ Issac

I can definitely relate to having that "mask". For me, I seem to be always saying "yeah" or "yeah, I agree", when
I don't really mean it but it don't want to completely deviate from others.
     
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