I am emotionally vulnerable.

[Writer]

I have no real reason, but that I just am.

And that is all.

[MrCoffee]

1. Perhaps this isn't the wisest place for such a revelation?

Will a :hug: from a complete stranger help?

[ulaes]

2. Nice

Kick him while he's down.

[MrCoffee]

3. What the hell?

I'm not kicking anybody, pal.

[BlueIris]

12. "Him" is a "her."

And read the whole post before you post. MrCoffee was being supportive.

[dawg]

4. Me too.

It stinks feeling this way.

[SoxFan]

5. You're among friends here in Ye Olde Lounge

:grouphug:

Since almost everyone here could pose for the DSM-IV centerfold, we aren't a judgmental bunch!

[Writer]

6. Have you ever felt like you're so socially dysfunctional that you will always be...

on the outside?

[SoxFan]

9. I have had a different set of issues

I've fought some pretty tough battles with depression, and suspect that I will always have the condition lurking in the background even in the best of times.

I know that you feel like you're alone, but you're not. We're here for you.

There's an old song from my college radio days in the 1980s called "Lonely Street". It's by an awesome jangle-pop band from Georgia called Guadalcanal Diary. The final verse goes like this:

I walk a lonely street
And in the shadows you can see
A thousand faces, just like me
We're not alone

You're not. We're not. Remember that.

[dawg]

10. You are one of us!

You're not on the outside at all. Sensitive, emotional people are the best!

[Taverner]

7. Welcome to the club

Any guy who says they aren't is LYING

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. You think YOU got troubles!?!?!?

.
I am invulnerably motionless.
.
.
.
.
No... I'm NOT my own grampaw... but I AM the
irresistible force AND the immovable object all
rolled up into one.
.
Try dealing with that for 5 minutes or so -- let
alone 27 hours a day.
.
.
.
.
Um... from that I guess you can tell that I'm
out-of-synch, too.
.
.
.
I'm coping, though.
.
Hope you are, too.
.

[Writer]

11. If you were both an irresistable force AND invulnerably motionless...

I CAN see how you would feel out-of-synch! :hug:

Actually here's a question for you:

If someone is a jerk to you, how can you defend yourself without coming across as too sensitive?

Or is letting everything roll off your back the true sign of strength?

[foxfeet]

13. Sorry, I'm emotionally unavailable.

Seriously. We're in the middle of an unplanned, unscheduled bathroom remodel, the house is a pit, our old toilet is out on the front walk, I'm not getting my daytime nap, the dogs won't stop barking and I've got one good nerve left.

Whine.

There. Now I feel better.

[Sky Masterson]

14. Must be a Gemini Thing.

I think it is very normal my friend.:hug: