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Oh gosh - just another FB person block minutes ago. I'm finding that my writing makes the wrong impression upon a certain rough and tumble blue collar demographic and some will just pounce on my posts. Not here - although I have some hobbies that are shared with people who to be kind aren't...

Another installment then, and maybe another later tonight for much is on my mind... Just in short and only personally, if intellectualization and keeping matters at a discreet distance allows me to better understand what is too toxic or overwhelming to unearth by hand largely in isolation, then...

Thank you for the interest and replies... Struggling to answer the question of two things I might like to do, I'm finding it difficult to identify anything that simply wouldn't be the further fleshing out of aspects or facets of topics held dear. It's like I don't even know where to start even...

Thanks for the kind response(s), Perhaps simply out of habit for repeatedly processing my environment in a depressive way. my 'hobby existence' is a bit fraught too. Inner directed to the max really, while the tedium of some of the limited social scenery availed for being invested in this hobby...

Greetings, Appreciate that I value all textured and well-thought out responses afforded. My world would be much poorer absent such investment. Know that I am thankful that others would write to carefully express their views concerning much. - Consistent will not wholly losing my mind, on...

Hello - I'll try to keep this short even as I typically drone... As of late it's been difficult to see forward to the extent of how many, or more pointedly, how few years remain of my life. I'm closing in on my fiftieth year, while in a physical sense and if seen on the street one wouldn't...

Greetings, A reply perhaps a bit different in tone, but one certainly not intended to provoke harm. I imagine that I embody some blend of habits of self-isolation with tendencies towards intellectualizing and embrace of removal activities not strictly accessible to the (very) few who might...

Greetings, Although not an option for everyone, it might not be terrible to pursue a side interest in problems evidenced by students within the space of whatever care infrastructure is afforded. For reading such, you'll feel less alone, less unique in an uncomfortable way. I know - no time...

Hello, Scribbling from the perspective of one who could certainly be termed a social isolate, a great many days can pass for me without strictly noticing that I'm not tending to social relations that otherwise call for maintenance. Without regular appearances of people in my life at normally...

Greetings, Other options to consider might be voicing concerns/stresses in a comparatively contained fashion apart and away from an unsympathetic advisor; i.e. strategize away concerning means to reduce tension felt without risking deeper alienation for fielding feedback from those who may not...

Greetings, Contemplate something like meetup.com where you might find low-impact and low-key activities listed that center around a shared interest sans the unbearably high expectations of something like a date. Be open-minded, carry in no specific hopes, and demonstrate some trust consistent...

Thanks for your kind reply, I've been stewing, not sure what to think, alternating between different scenarios whereby I'm just not sure what percentage I was to blame regarding much. 70%? 73%? 90%? - I just don't know, whereas what slender reed I stood upon relative to the popularity of this...

(...the following is something of a self serving rant, such just discount much vented here for this message isn't strictly intended to dovetail to anything shared here - my apologies in advance then...) So sorry to read of your pain, whereas just this instance I'm struggling with the same much...

If it helps, sometimes I've arrived with a brief script of what material I wish to convey or cover. Especially important may be the need to condense recall of powerful emotions, etc. if such threaten to dominate the meeting to the neglect and exclusion of all else. Lastly, some therapists are...

P.T.S.D. seriously undercuts and impairs my ability to relate in an issue-free and civil manner towards other people, whereas ambitions I harbor are too frequently tossed off course for my inability to perceive the world in a manner that less traumatized individuals undoubtedly find easier to...

Your nonreaction could have cued memories of habits of self repression where translating thoughts to action was disallowed for circumstance. To presently register that choice does in fact exist to exclaim discomfort is part of your healing process I do believe. Call it a trauma echo; i.e...

Although I don't quite remember where I might have read such, people react to traumatic events in different ways that could be manifest as a certain obliviousness to physical disorder around them or alternately a fierce determination to not let matters exist outside of their control ever again...

Greetings, In synch and in sympathy with all the other advice afforded thus far, try if you can to severely limit disclosures to admin. and staff if you are at all able. Given a near absence of family interest, few to no friends outside of my place of work, etc., I made the grave error of...

Greetings, Though maybe applicable only to myself, I've been recently diagnosed as suffering from Schizoid Personality Disorder. At the very least the diagnosis affords me material to mull online - especially materials that relate to cause. Understand that Schizophrenia and SPD are not the...

...perhaps try this title, one that reads as though it were penned by an expert witness for the defense in relation to destigmatizing solitude. See: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743280741/?tag=pf03-20

Hello, My worst semi-recent experience was seeing Denzel Washington's turn in the film Flight. The film is doubtlessly well-crafted, well-cast and acted, but if one has memories of an alcoholic parent - stay away, far away from this hugely upsetting remembrance of things not quite past. For...

Hello, Though this might only constitute my personal style and/or inclination, perhaps the best approach would be to compile a written record of the specific dynamic suffered eventuating with the strong recovery you've mounted right at present in your own words. Perhaps such could be presented...

Greetings, A short note, but it can be helpful to work on ourselves to seek out and study guides intended for couples often racing to a couples therapist even if we aren't strictly in a relationship at present. For experiences of parents, etc. who manifestly fail to get on and often excel in...

Greetings, For some the possibility exists that illuminating the dysfunction evidenced by family members embroiled in their own complex problems comes as unlikely and sometimes even welcome news. The overwhelming weight of guilt consistent with believing that we carry more responsibility than...

Hello, If it helps, know that your therapist is literally trained if not built to 'take it', to absorb the hitherto unexpressed anger and outrage that you might feel you are protecting her from and yet she is begging you to express within the safe circumstances of her office. Freud would speak...