"BoredToTears" <beejayceee1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Janithor wrote:

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Rich wrote:

I'm exhausted. It's been a long and stressful day at work, and a long
and stressful commute to/from work. As always, it's been a lonely day
too. I'm surrounded by people at work, but I don't really like anyone
there, and I just keep playing my unemotional worker role. I put up
with
my coworkers because I have to, not because I want to.

I'll go to bed early tonight.

I just had this thought: If I had more millipedes, would I feel less
lonely? Dozens instead of a couple...

Probably not. People need real human contact, even introverts.

I often feel detached from reality. Since I rarely have anyone hug me
or
even say a friendly word to me, I'm really deprived of affection as
well
as social interaction. I also have no sense of belonging to any group,
of being accepted by anyone. Maybe this deprivation is what gives me
the
feeling of being separated from the real world.

Detachment, resentment, hatred, anger, ...

Been there done that. Hated it.

You need to find your niche. The world is not one monolithic entity
unified against Millipede Man. It's a big messy mix of all sorts of
different kinds of people and groups.

You really need some very deep, intensive therapy to work on your social
awareness and social skills. You're trying to run the 100 meter dash
with a barbell chained to your leg, it's never going to happen the way
you're doing it now. Until you can read social environments better and
develop some social skill sets that work, you're going to keep on
spinning your wheels and being desperate and unhappy.

But then what do I know, I'm a janitor. This is just my opinion, fwiw.

Without janitors civilization would quickly grind to a halt. Much
quicker than without, say, lawyers. And as for your advice to Rich, I
think you've hit the nail right on the head.

maybe he should start a "Fight Club" where he lives eh

On 27 Sep 2006 11:46:43 -0700, "BoredToTears"
<beejayceee1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Janithor wrote:

x-no-archive: yes

Rich wrote:

I'm exhausted. It's been a long and stressful day at work, and a long
and stressful commute to/from work. As always, it's been a lonely day
too. I'm surrounded by people at work, but I don't really like anyone
there, and I just keep playing my unemotional worker role. I put up
with
my coworkers because I have to, not because I want to.

I'll go to bed early tonight.

I just had this thought: If I had more millipedes, would I feel less
lonely? Dozens instead of a couple...

Probably not. People need real human contact, even introverts.

I often feel detached from reality. Since I rarely have anyone hug me
or
even say a friendly word to me, I'm really deprived of affection as
well
as social interaction. I also have no sense of belonging to any group,
of being accepted by anyone. Maybe this deprivation is what gives me
the
feeling of being separated from the real world.

Detachment, resentment, hatred, anger, ...

Been there done that. Hated it.

You need to find your niche. The world is not one monolithic entity
unified against Millipede Man. It's a big messy mix of all sorts of
different kinds of people and groups.

You really need some very deep, intensive therapy to work on your social
awareness and social skills. You're trying to run the 100 meter dash
with a barbell chained to your leg, it's never going to happen the way
you're doing it now. Until you can read social environments better and
develop some social skill sets that work, you're going to keep on
spinning your wheels and being desperate and unhappy.

But then what do I know, I'm a janitor. This is just my opinion, fwiw.

Without janitors civilization would quickly grind to a halt. Much
quicker than without, say, lawyers. And as for your advice to Rich, I
think you've hit the nail right on the head.

Good point...Rich (Millipede Man/etc.) consistently makes insightful
posts describing his misery with life. But he can't make the
connection that the misery is the cost of his hatred, you can't have
it both ways. Some of the best and most euphoric feelings I've had is
when I open my mind when it was previously tightly shut and find
meaning and value where once I was ignorant. Slunky has helped me in
that respect with homeless people.