By that- I mean any stage in life - the rebellious teenager, the responsible adult. Or- have you felt part of a group or comfortable as an 'accepted' or non accepted 'type'- a 'typical' woman or man, whatever sexuality you are etc. Someone who strongly identifies with a certain culture of sub culture? eg. Goth, Emo, whatever. Or, have you always felt a bit different? Even to those in a similar group?
The closest I've got to feeling like people were similar to me was in college with other creative people on the course. I think because it tends to take up such a huge chunk of your life- it's easier to bond over that common interest.
I've found throughout life though that, when I talk to a lot of other people or, hear them talk- I realise how different I am. Different priorities, different ways of seeing the world. Plus, if they talk about their past- what they were like as teenagers or children, I realise that that experience was also very different for me too. Do you suppose most people just feel like they're different? Maybe it's just part of the social anxiety we may all have to try and fit in and the fear that we don't.
The closest I've got to feeling like people were similar to me was in college with other creative people on the course. I think because it tends to take up such a huge chunk of your life- it's easier to bond over that common interest.
I've found throughout life though that, when I talk to a lot of other people or, hear them talk- I realise how different I am. Different priorities, different ways of seeing the world. Plus, if they talk about their past- what they were like as teenagers or children, I realise that that experience was also very different for me too. Do you suppose most people just feel like they're different? Maybe it's just part of the social anxiety we may all have to try and fit in and the fear that we don't.
