So, I guess a journal is a good thing to have

[deuxditz]

I haven't done this in a while, really, and I've only done it off and on, on paper.  I only do it when I have something to write in, I'm alone, and the thoughts won't stop coming until I let them out and cool myself off with it.  (It never really gets things solved or out, but it does put a little band-aid on the awful panicky times

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[thewayiambroken]

Even if it isn't "worth reading more than once", writing just to get it out, just so it exists in a space outside your head can be really helpful. (I gave up on writing as art a very, very long time ago.)

I know those feelings really well, feeling like you're living in this post-college adult world where it is so hard to feel connected to anyone you don't automatically see every day at home or at work. I wish I had something useful to tell you about it, but the best I can say is that I feel the same way.

One of the things I did to try to start feeling like I wasn't socially defunct was to start that go club. I don't know if go is really something you're interested in but we meet every Sunday at a coffee shop and it's helped me feel a little better about my social situation. You'd be more than welcome to join in if you'd like.

You are definitely not alone in feeling like you do, in how hard it is to feel connected to people socially; the way you wrote about it speaks exactly to how I feel, too. Good luck <3

[bubawizwam]

I spend too much time on facebook, trying desperately to connect with others. I know this for sure because I just looked for a LIKE button for this post. Anyways, "LIKE!"