Do you feel like you fit in to the modern world?
Quite honestly I don't. I can't figure out how to relate to other people, and therefore don't feel any real connection with them.
Needless to say it is VERY frustrating! The fact that I cannot figure out how to relate to other people is very isolating.
My family was not one that went out much. They were real homebodies, and never really liked going out and hanging with other people.
And because they home schooled me, I never really had a chance to learn about other people, and never had a chance to really share experiences common to other kids.
And they always filled my mind with horror stories about the world, never having anything good to say about it. And they always told me: "People out there will only tolerate you, and they will never truly care about you."
They also always told me: "You have nothing in common with them, and why would you want to?"
I HATE the way they raised me, sheltering me, and basically making feel like I really have no place in the world we live in today - which is COMPLETELY FUCKING STUPID - as all we get is right here and right now.
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Well pretty much I guess. I think I'd be really bored if I was born in like 1700, just low class job and books.
Born too late to explore the Earth, born too early to explore the universe, but born just right in time to explore DANK MEMES.
Don't take this the wrong way, but if you go to college and get the chance, stopping by a councellor might be a good idea. Again, I don't mean that as an insult. I know I was made to be afraid to talk about the things that went on in my house, and especially when you said that you were told "People out there will only tolerate you, and they will never truly care about you." - that's not only unheathly, it's not true. It's a very hard lesson to learn if you grew up in an environment where you feel like everyone is about to abandon you at every turn, and no matter how much you understand it logically, that's completely different from internalizing it. I can't give you too much advice because I feel like I'm there myself, but having somebody on the outside is important.
I poured myself into literature and movies, it was through art that I found people, even if they were dead, that I could feel a connection to in that we were going through similar emotions. Through that sympathy I feel comfort, but it is often fleeting. Honestly, I can't you advice, and that's the shittiest part, it's something that you have to find for yourself, but what you can do is find somebody, whether a respected teacher, a therapist, a preacher, or whoever, who you feel you can bounce your ideas off of and who you feel will always have your best interests at heart.
I wish I was born in the 14th century so I could finally pursue my career of being a Plague Doctor, but... alas.
Not well at all. Most people fit into a crowd or subdivision of people/stereotypes, I don't fit into a single one of them. I'm anti-social, an emotional wreck, I have multiple disorders both mental and physical, I'm a piece of shit and my opinions are generally me against the entire universe from how much I disagree with others. I don't fit in with modern society and I never will. Ever.
I don't. I would have enjoyed more being in another era because I've got the feeling nowadays no one got values. Now that's maybe the kind of comment "it was better before", I'm not sure.
The fact is we can't change that, so we've got to deal with it and confronts the truth. Don't live with regrets with your education. Thinking about it can explain things about yourself, but don't give too much thoughts in it, you will loose times about it.
I wish I was a caveman in the prehistoric era bashing peoples brains in with a rock.
Only true paleolithic kids will understand.
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Maybe because this is a fucked up world we live in?
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I often say I was born 100 years too late.
There's only one world, isn't there?
Relax and don't take life so seriously.
I'd probably be dead by now if I was born more than 30-40 years ago. So yeah, I feel right at home.
Don't worry, we all are too late for world wars...so far anyway.
I think that part of life is discovering your place in the world.
Sort of. I was born and developed in a world without computers. We didn't have one until I was in grade 6 I think and even then, no internet until junior high. It's been a bit of a struggle to take all this in with no classes that taught any of it. I did take a web design class in high school that I aced, but that had nothing to do with hardware or programming outside of html. I self-taught a lot. Enough to be at the level of hating Apple.
I fit in enough to not view computers as "machines" like we do of TVs, VCRs, etc. So I got that going for me. I do, however, view my car as a machine, which is unlike older generations.
I choked on my water
I honestly don't think there are a lot, if any categories of what you need to "fit" in. Just ride it through.
First let me say congrats on seeing the problem. Second your enviroment means almost zero in the long run. If this is a thing to you seek help now. Look up a local mental health provider an start with a basic get to know you session. You can set the schedule in most cases. I'd recomend at least seeing them for a few months. I went with my ex to hers for years. Her consoler became my defacto mental health advisor. Maybe someone you know would let you sit in and see what it is. But for me it helped myself awareness. I highly recomend it. Fighting your true nature poisons you in so many ways.
Ya I would of been under a pile of mud, rotten and nibbled on by rats before I was 30.
100 years ago from this week.
I want to be born in the 90's and be slightly older than I am now. I just feel like that period of 2000-2013 was really cool and it would be great if my best period of life - my youth - happened in this time.
Being born in the beginning of XX century would also be awesome. The fashion, the lifestyle, the history.. It was also the time when Russian culture has gone through another rise. I'd like to join the bohemian get-together - imagine how interesting it would be to hang out with some amazing artists and poets! Perhaps even become someone's muse.
You missed probably the worst era of music, a terrorist attack and a hurricane. Not much else happened in there(first decade of 2000).
No, because the entire world seems to follow the gender binary.
Now, this isn't because I'm trigender, pangender, genderqueer or whatever other terms are out there, I was born intersex...
And it's kind of hard to pick clothes out when it's the men and women sections.
I used to wear male clothing, but that became uncomfortable after I started developing breasts. And my voice is feminine, so people would give me weird looks when I talked.
Now, I look most like a female, hair up to my shoulders, not too long, and I wear the clothes in the women section, because it fits my body more. But I don't like dresses, and I'd much rather wear a suit. And it's just gah.
I also struggle to this day to know which bathroom to go to. If I look more masculine, I go in male's bathroom. Feminine, female's.
School was hard, because my school was SO GENDERED. Our name tags in elementary school were either pink or blue, I had to line up in "boy lines and girl lines" in school, and just gah.
My parents told me to express myself as a female in public because of my breasts and voice, but gahhhhh.
Always was extra awkward when I'd play board games and I'd go first because "ladies first."
You actually probably fit in to the modern world way better than you would have in historic times, where men's and women's roles were super-defined. If you were a man, you went out and did hard physical work, and if you were a woman, you cooked and took care of the babies. Yay.
Anyway, we men don't care if you use our restroom (at least I don't), but I imagine the woman's restroom is usually a lot nicer. Men's rooms aren't known for their sparkling cleanliness.
I used to feel the way you do. My childhood was pretty sheltered too. You're connecting with all of us here on the forums, though, which is good. I've seen a bunch of threads from you and you seem like a smart person who is aware of their circumstances. That's a good step in changing. Now, you got to find it within yourself to be more outgoing and get involved with people who like the things you do. Try getting a job, doing community service, or joining a club. Also, you don't have to worry about fitting in, because just being more outgoing and friendly to everybody will make you fit in everywhere. And soon enough, you'll have all the friends that you ever dreamed of having.
Well, I live in Russia and 2000s were a decent time here.
I think 95 was a good year to be born, I grew up with some awesome things. Last in the era of old technology (before super internet, smart phones) I remember being amazed by a old Nokia and being able to play snake on it.