[ SECRET POST #2503 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2503 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

02. http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6683/c9d4.png

[(Anonymous)]

I'm struggling between wanting to really encourage you to grow up and that this is insanely unhealthy, while understanding that concepts and pieces of our imagination can be the only constant comforts we have even when we can't rely on people. I know in my young life (child and young teen) I also felt my Pokemon and other fictional "friends" were more a part of me than real friends, which I didn't have many of. Even today, I can sympathize. But honestly, you need to find a way to put those feelings into real people. I'm sure there's gotta be people with similar interests at your college, if not, try something new?

[(Anonymous)]

Damn. No need to be so judgmental. I can think of a million more unhealthy things.

[(Anonymous)]

Judgmental?

OP is an adult, and has an imaginary Pokemon friend. Who she loves more than anyone in the world. Whether we are sympathetic or not, OP does need to grow up.

[(Anonymous)]

Calm down, it's not like OP is setting a place for their Lucario at the dinner table and growling at any real people who try to sit down. OP says they're really shy and have trouble making friends/being close to people, and they just never realized it until they realized they were closer with their Lucario than anyone else. Shouting "YOU NEED TO GROW UP AND MAKE REAL FRIENDS" at them isn't going to fix their problem because actively choosing a pokemon over real people isn't the problem.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. The first comment was all right, but the second comment... well, if I were the OP, my first reaction at someone telling me "you need to grow up" would be, "see, I was right, real people are scary and threatening, it's way safer to stay in my comfort zone."

[(Anonymous)]

"scary and threatening"? Because they suggested the OP might need to grow up? How do any of you people survive in the real world?

[(Anonymous)]

Learn to read

[(Anonymous)]

Lol damn OP just said that they are feeling really disconnected from people. Take a chill pill.

[(Anonymous)]

Just...no! It is nowhere near unhealthy to find a source of comfort from anywhere, and clearly OP knows the Lucario isn't here in this world with them. You can have real friends and imaginary ones as long as you know they're not the same. Imaginary friends are not inherently unhealthy even if you'd like RL ones too. It does not mean you need to "grow up". Screw you.

[writerserenyty]

You sound kind of similar to me, OP. When I first went to college, I was REALLY lonely for the first semester. I was honestly very depressed and there was a point where, if I had that question asked of me, I would have answered "Ishikawa Rika" (a Japanese pop singer who is currently my icon) in a heartbeat.

Maybe check out your college/university's counseling options? It made me feel a little bit better, and talk it out. I also don't know what year you're in in college, but your phrasing made me assume freshman year. I'd really try getting involved in a club, activities in your dorm if you live in one, and just be active. I'm painfully shy too, and I know that this isn't the easiest thing in the world. There were so many days where I just wanted to stay at home, watch Jpop videos and do nothing. But I forced myself to go out and meet people, and I met a couple of really good friends. I never had a HUGE group of friends, mind you, but just a couple of people who I'm really close to.

Good luck OP; I know this is a really hard situation!

[(Anonymous)]

I second looking into clubs. When I started college, I expected the dorm and my classes to be these great social experiences where I'd become bffs with my roommate and everyone on my floor and my classes. My roommate and I got along, but we never clicked and my floor (and entire dorm) just wasn't very social (it wasn't a freshman dorm). My earliest classes were all large lectures where chatting with classmates wasn't encouraged.

I met most of my college friends through a student club (and most of the rest through a study abroad program I did later on). Don't just stick to the "official" club activities, either - if people in the club are doing social things, like inviting group members over to watch a movie or something, then join them, even if you don't know anybody well yet. Try to find opportunities to incite these social things, too, and carry people with you out of "official" settings. For example: "I'm getting hungry for lunch. Want to go to the dining hall?"

(Now, after you get out of school, that's when it gets hard to make new friends...)

[(Anonymous)]

Ahhh. I'm sorry you feel that way anon :( I hope you will find some more friends in the future

That said I fucking love my Chesnaught. She grew on me to a ridiculous degree and I'm surprised at how much I like that set of pixels

[agentcthulhu]

I know how you feel, OP. My best friend from high school moved away for college and I haven't talked to her for a year. Even though she has me on speedial and my10 (she can call me any time without extra charge and it is long distance otherwise without the plan) and I can call her, she rarely has time to call and I never feel like there is a "right time" to call. Even email doesn't work - she's busy with midterms and work, and same for me. When she's in town, she's either at her boyfriend's, with her boyfriends' parents or at work. But when we do manage to get together, it's like our time apart never happened.

Sometimes distances happen not because we don't try hard enough, but because of circumstances outside of our control. Even if it doesn't happen immediately, I'm sure you will find close friends again.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh anon, I know what it's like to be lonely. I mean, I've always super loved my parents and siblings and if I had to think about who I loved the most it would definitely be them, but if there was a "no family" clause there's a time in my life where I would have been fucked.

Maybe try making some fandom friends? I met my bff/platonic soul mate through a Final Fantasy 8 forum and a Harry Potter rp. :)

[eaten_by_bears]

Your friends probably didn't drop contact because they don't love you. It's just hard to keep contact when you're in a new place and have so many new things going on. Maybe you could set up a weekly chat or Skype session where you can all catch up? It might take some of the pressure off.

[(Anonymous)]

Your friends probably dropped you because they suspect you're bananas and this secret kinda proves their point. The game has been out barely a month and THIS is your best friend? Are you fucking serious?

[(Anonymous)]

wow wtf, do you enjoy simply going around shitting on people's moods?