I live

ahh, I've never posted here before but I think I will give it a try- The only thing I am really wondering is if there's anyone else like me. I feel empty. The only time I don't feel empty is when I'm online. My life is through the internet. No, I don't use any social media accounts I hate being known to people but I live through just sitting here on a computer all day talking to random people I find in chatrooms. I've truly lost all social skills with the real world and when I discovered Lain she gave me a sense of release. idk why I'm venting to a random website online yet again but here I am. Maybe you'll see me again somewhere xd goodbye

You made a duplicate post >>>909 >I feel empty me too. I think most user of those imageboards feel the same :( Goodbye anon

>>910 We all feel the same. There's a reason we're here and not where the majority of the population is. They have their dense, built-up city at the center of the wired and we walk around the outskirts looking for people like us. Whenever I talk to someone in real life, I feel like I'm putting on a facade, a fake, filtered version of myself. And it's tiring. See you around, lainon.

>>910 Feelings of emptiness in the real world with a feeling of being alive on the internet. Avoids social media for privacy and staying alone. Low social skills in the real world. Relating to Lain. Sounds like a case of schizoid personality disorder. Lain is probably the perfect example of a schizoid, so it makes sense that the show would give you some feelings of finally having something to relate to. If you like the internet, get good at it, that is my advice.

>>910 You're not alone.. Godspeed anon

I feel the same way. No one else around me really knows how bad it is. Sometimes the only people I can relate to is the people on here.

>>957 i hope youre doing well

You're not alone anon. I've even been in the Army where all interactions are strictly normed, and now I have no idea how to talk to people outside my job. And some days or weeks all I can do is stare at a screen all day. Tip I can give you for social interactions : don't talk about yourself, and do things you like. If bars and noisy placesare not your thing, maybe walks, ping pong or climbing is (some of the most awkward people I know climb, some don't know anything about their regular partner).

>>962 this, don't talk about yourself unless they seem curious. ask questions and give compliments on the most expensive / effort-looking part of someone is pretty much how i got by socializing for a while "you're such a great listener lain!"

Real life is unbearably slow. And real people are only fine once you get to know them.

sounds like depression... sometimes therapy helps, sometimes more social contacts, but often nothing at all helps