My achilles heel.

[harmony1440]

Turning 26 years old has not been the most noticeable of transitions, nor have any major life changes occurred. Since my birthday on Friday though, I can honestly say I have been the most depressed and disheartened that I have been in years. I have been absolutely anxiety-ridden and lonely. My husband has been out of touch for several days now and

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[americandreamer]

I remembered your birthday, I honestly did and I kept reminding myself to write you a note and we even exchanged emails about the ebooks. I'm a horrible friend.

I wish I had some advice for you but when I lived in West Chester, I hated it because I didn't have any friends except I was working all the time so I really only felt it on the weekends.

[harmony1440]

Aw, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I hadn't meant to imply that I was turning my nose up at email and/or online communication. I really appreciate the fact that you wished me a happy birthday and that we were able to talk about books. That helped to get my mind off of things.

I guess what I was trying to get at with this particular vent was that I have no friends, in the physical sense. It's pretty easy to converse with people electronically, but I'm a complete basket case when it comes to face-to-face correspondence. I've become more and more isolated as time goes by, and I do blame some of that on technology. It's given me an excuse to hole myself up at home and now I use that anxiety as sort of a crutch to keep to myself. I need to find someone outgoing, or something that interests me, to interact with that will help me in being more adventurous in the "real" world again.

[americandreamer]

I didn't mean it like like that at all....I get the online/face to face thing. It is part of the reason why I've deactivated my FB for a little because I feel like people are using it too much for communication instead of picking up the phone, etc.

I wish we lived closer it has been so long, hasn't it? I can't imagine having a husband being away like that and then not having communication but I'm glad you have him!

[harmony1440]

I agree. Facebook is getting a little out of hand. I actually cleared out half of my friends' list the other day, eliminating people that I didn't actually consider friends. I feel like so many relationships have just dried up because the internet often makes things so impersonal or even skewed.

It would be nice if we lived close. We've always had that distance problem, which is disappointing. I feel like we have a lot in common that we could actually do together rather than just talk about! :) That's really important with friendships, I think. My hubby and I have really tried to get involved with each others' hobbies. He's even reading The Hunger Games right now! I'm looking forward to building a love of books with him! The distance does make it hard, but it's something you kind of get used to. It's a necessary sacrifice for happiness, I guess.