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This may be the wrong support group to msg this with, but I am wondering about the amount of isolation I had growing up due to my brothers' autism and developmental delay and how that has effected me as an adult.
I wonder if that is a large part of what led to my breakdown, not BP, and I wonder how that may have limited my personality. Furthermore, we don't go on vacations or met family like other ppl, so I feel deprived of life experiences that may help me grow. I wonder if that isn't the reason why I feel so stupid in social situations or why my personality doesn't sparkle in a group. Has anyone ever experienced this? Or not feeling like you have a strong sense of self? If so, what do you do to compensate and gain experience to become a stronger, more self-knowledgable person? Also, I am quickly enamored by all sorts of ppl (not in a romantic way) and I quickly compare myself to them and find myself at fault. I don't see the negative side to them but use them as a mirror for all that is wrong with me. Posted on 07/03/09, 04:07 pm |
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it sounds as if you need to find out who you really are now today and stop comparing yourself to others. No one is all good and we all have faults so accept those in yourself but live and be happy and if your family don't do get togethers then make sure you have an extended family of friends that does
lts what l do l'm an only child raised in a single parent family by a bipolar mother so l was very isolated as we lived in the country with no car or phone l understand your emotional loneliness and emptiness as a child. Life and how l mixed with others changed a lot when l made great friends l learned everything about me then and l've never looked back. 
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I'm in the same boat. was born around a very negative family, never went on trips or had anything exciting to do, mom mostly stayed in teh house all the time. And as an adult I have ended up the same way. And I also compare myself to others, but they always end up having more worth then me. So I stay down on myself most of the time these days
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i do the same things that you do. i find if i accept and don't compare then i do a lot better
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Well, I am trying to socialize as much as possible just to learn more about ppl and myself. Usually, I have to *drag* myself to these get-togethers, but once I do go, I have so much fun.
But I can't seem to stop comparing myself to others, and for my age, I am just very emotionally immature with a weaker sense of self. I really want to find a way that I can travel more or do a study abroad so that I can hopefully learn more and improve in this area. I am always scared that I will stay the stupid, directionless person that I am today and I'm so behind my age group.
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you do sound so much like me it has taken years for me to feel comfortable at parties and even now l still have the odd twinge and feel as though l'm acting my way through it because it still doesn't come naturally to me the ease of simple chit chat, but l can do it and l'm sure l'm not the only wall flower trying to stand on my own 2 feet while praying the ground will swallow me whole.
Remember life is not a race you're not trying to play catch up you're just wanting to get to a comfortable level of talking and behaving it will happen l never thought it would for me but its more about how shy yu feel which means finding the confidence to speak and trust in you and what you have to say. Read the local papers and a few celebrity mags before going to a party you'll always have a topic for somone to find interesting and when in doubt keep asking questions about them, people enjoy that type of attention.
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