I am sorry you feel this way. Has something happened on here to make you feel that way. We all belong here and try to accept people as they are. Remember you are a special person.

not here, this is still the one place I feel safe and I should have made that clear...it's the rest of the world that has no room for Hink and it's probably better that way.

As far as being special, not hardly but I am especially good at messing things up.

You are special. specially crazy..ha no just kiddin. Just tryin to lighten things up a bit. there's a place for everyone. Might not be where you want or think it should be. I believe our thoughts and feelings about ourselves have a big impact on how we see life and those around us. It tends to reflect back at us what we believe. The universe kinda works that way. look back to where you think those beliefs were created and ask yourself, were they really true? Or is it something someone put on you and made you believe? don't hurt yourself anymore. Maybe you've been hurt enough and the only person we really have for sure in this life is ourselves. So be gentle and kind with yourself ok? You're not alone. hugs

I don't belong anywhere either, and I have tried all my life to belong, and I no longer care. Since I quit caring it is a load off. I accept myself more and don't base my self-concept on what other people think of me. In fact I relish being different.
Don't think you're not special: the fact that you ARE special is why you belong in this world. Are other people better off than you because they follow the norm? Don't think so.

Well, you might be better for them if you at least let yourself believe you belong there and are downright special for it.

I am such a social geek that I don't even see the appeal of being a social star. I like a quiet, studious life.

Look, you're human. My condolences.
It's a widely shared condition.
I'm guessing you were programmed that if you aren't perfect you're useless, and that's not true.
The fact that you worry about how you effect others says that you are of good intent.
If you mess things up, apologize, make amends if needed and possible to the person you injured, and learn from it.

hi,please,please read this,and soon!!,i am just like what people here are describing,and i too feel extremely awkward alot of the times,and do not feel a part of.because in early childhood some horrible things happened at home that have really altered my life ,what feels like for the rest of it..it is too bad that i have some terrible messages locked in that just literally confuse me,and m ake me-BAD automatically.what i learned is to be as nice as possible in responding to these,and i am going into this PTSD work for my 11th.year.it is too bad that we have a problem belonging,but with hard work,i know that i have a better chance at beleiving than not.it is extremely hard to describe.i have niceness today,and at one point i thought i was not even capable of that,so there is something left in me that wants that.at one point i just wished it,so i would suggest to ask yourself"is it true"-the reason you feel out of context?.alot of times for me,it is not.please be good to you.i beleive people count on me today,and i have to remind myself"i am her to give,not take",even though alot of good was taken from my soul,i beleive i work hard to regain this,even if it is just for a moment.take good care,i am on your side.

all good suggestions and very well appreciated but I still feel so out of place in this world. I have my music and a studio to escape to so I think that helps but my doctor thinks that I should be in a band and my studio is another excuse to avoid the world. He's right of course but I dont want to be in a band and i dont like the world much. All I really want is to move back to the coast of Maine or as I say all the time "just give me a tin can in the woods of Maine and I'm happy...but as long as my daughter is in school (16 1/2) and my mother (86 June 1st) is still with us Maine is out of the question...I would really rather have bear for neighbors than people, I tarnish every human life I touch.

It may just be a symptom of PTSD. I feel the same way as you a lot of the time. I just don't feel like I belong anyplace and I feel different and awkward.

Sometimes I believe it is preference. I look at the "sanity" around me and shudder with disgust at claiming my place in the chaos. It gets me wanting my wild critters and a cave in the desert, as far as I can get from the filthy human species.

What I find depends on what I look for.

I may go for the cave yet, but for now I am still trying to look for the good in the human species. Like it or not, I am still human. Can't be at peace with myself until I make my peace with that sad fact.

Feel the same.Other than here i do not feel like i belong anywhere.

sadly I am still not feeling any different, I am at some sort of crossroads in my life I think and cannot figure out what yet.

Gosh, I'm new here, but your words echo exactly how I feel all of the time. I often think that I have become a burden and have nothing to contribute. But, obviously, if we were really that bad, people, and I mean our families would not care or want us. SOmetimes I have to get out of my head and see how others see me. Please know that there are 2 ways of looking at things. (I'm sure there are more than 2) You are worthwhile, we all are. Just sometimes the hurt covers everything completely, we are more than our pain.

Wow, there are others out there that feel the same way I do. For some reason every attempt I have made to reach out has ended in failure, so I exist now only in my home with my dogs and a cat. Ironically no one even ever wonders about me at all. My husband is there, but has no way of understanding. I just hide and sleep most of my days away.

Hink, I also feel like I don't belong in this world. I did not have any Positive Roll Models so I really wasn 't taught how to be Myself. I really don 't know where to start but Being on Here helps Me get a fighting chance at age 48. Don' t give up, heal Yourself First & then show the world How wonderful that We know You are. God Bless You & Everybody Here. We all need support.