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⌈ Secret Post #596 ⌋

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Wow. This may sound a little weird, but I seriously feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders just reading your comment. I felt like you could have been describing me. I've never been sociable, and I've felt abnormal for almost as long as I can remember, and it's led to years of depression and anxiety. And I've always just listened to the people who told me that I have to change myself, I have to conform to what society expects of me, I have just keep socializing until I "get it." Not once had it ever really occurred to me that I could "live off the grid," as you say.

Thank you for posting that.

Aww, you're very welcome! I'm seriously happy I could help you. I didn't know I'd affect someone like that when I posted it. In my case, I hadn't been social or people-pleasing a day in my life until I was 17. Then something weird happened to me, and I can only really describe it as a nervous breakdown. All of a sudden, I had to overachieve and always claim my place as the smartest person in the room. Not only was I a shallow, arrogant douchebag, but I was miserable. Needless to say, I self-combusted pretty quickly, and announced that I just couldn't do it anymore. (I could then tell the tale of how I hung around that damnable college for a year after that and pretty much lost what was left of my mind, but it's a long story and not really fitting.)

Anyway, good luck with everything in the future! I hope your new lease on life brings you happiness in times to come. Remember that you're the only one who can say what's best for you. Don't follow the path others dictate for you, and don't force yourself to do anything that you know won't genuinely improve your life.

Exactly, exactly, exactly, to everything in this thread. There's so much pressure on people to conform to society, it's no surprise to me that so many people feel this affinity with the Joker, particularly teenagers who haven't been exposed to a similar character before. And if there wasn't so much pressure to conform, people wouldn't feel so angry that they thought they wanted to stab other people's eyes out, and wouldn't end up so depressed and anxious because they have to repress everything that makes them themselves.

This is where a good therapist can help, of course, because a good therapist can actually help people learn more about themselves and gain the courage to follow their own path in life. Of course, there are a fair number of crap therapists around too so it doesn't always work.

I don't think I'd really recommend therapy for this kind of thing, just say "get it if you want it." But it's not really a "need" thing in this case. I didn't when I went through my period of feeling that way, and yeah, it was hard, but that's kind of expected. But people deal with things in different ways, so it's really up to the person. I'm just extra private and tend to deal with things internally.

But that said I agree with everything you wrote up there. :D

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