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batmanreal

batmanreal

very normal guy
Sep 9, 2025
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i know this is a universal feeling, especially amongst people in my age range, but it's been especially excruciating recently. it used to be something that occasionally popped up in the back of my mind, but i feel like i can't do anything anymore. i just want to melt away and die because i feel so wrong in every situation. i feel this constant sense of dread and humiliation in every scenario. i think we've all experienced embarrassment after entering a space you're not supposed to be in or walking in on something you weren't meant to see— that's the feeling i'm talking about. it's there in the most basic and mundane situations. whenever i go out, talk to someone (online or offline), post something, hang out with another person, spend time with family, talk in a groupchat, sit by myself in the break room, do literally anything—that feeling is there, screaming at me. any form of interaction (or even just existing in public) leaves me feeling so shitty, but i still engage because i'm pathetic and needy.
even if i can function well in whatever environment i end up in, i just don't feel like i'm supposed to be there. everywhere i go, i feel like i'm intruding. i want to disappear. i feel like a perpetual elephant in the room, even though most people barely notice me at all. i don't really impact anyone.
i'm not delusional, i know most people are indifferent to my existence and presence. i just can't get rid of this feeling, actual logic doesn't affect anything.
i shouldn't exist at all, my existence does nothing but bring me pain, i'm just taking up space and resources.
 
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persepexa

persepexa

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Feb 7, 2025
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I feel the exact same way. Was at a birthday party last week (the only invite to anything I've had all year) and I felt exactly how you described so I ended up leaving early.
 
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batmanreal

batmanreal

very normal guy
Sep 9, 2025
80
I feel the exact same way. Was at a birthday party last week (the only invite to anything I've had all year) and I felt exactly how you described so I ended up leaving early.
I'm sorry you have to experience this feeling. I understand how horrible it is, it ruins everything. I'll be wishing you the best.
 
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persepexa

persepexa

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Feb 7, 2025
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I'm sorry you have to experience this feeling. I understand how horrible it is, it ruins everything. I'll be wishing you the best.
Thank you, I wish the same for you
 
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Hollowman

Empty
Dec 14, 2021
2,306
I hear you. I don't belong anywhere either.
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
14,963
I've felt this so many times in life. I find it easier to just isolate now but, I dread the time I might have to mix with others again.

Not that I am a massive fan of therapy but, I wonder if there are courses for this kind of thing. Like assertiveness training or something.

My lame solution has been to avoid people all together- where I can. This forum is weirdly the exception. I guess because I just figure people can freely ignore me here if they want. And, it's not like I'll even know.

But- if it's something you still need but struggle with- maybe there are ways of combating the fear. I absolutely should have done more to tackle my social anxiety earlier on. It's held me so much in life.
 
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Natsuhi13

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Oct 15, 2025
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Eu sei que esse é um sentimento universal, especialmente entre pessoas da minha idade, mas tem sido especialmente insuportável ultimamente. Costumava ser algo que ocasionalmente aparecia no fundo da minha mente, mas sinto que não consigo mais fazer nada. Eu só quero derreter e morrer porque me sinto tão errado em todas as situações. Sinto essa constante sensação de medo e humilhação em todos os cenários. Acho que todos nós já conhecemos por constrangimento depois de entrar em um espaço em que não deveríamos estar ou dar de cara com algo que não deveríamos ver — é esse sentimento que estou falando. Ele está lá nas situações mais básicas e mundanas. Sempre que saio, conversa com alguém (online ou offline), posto algo, saio com outra pessoa, passo um tempo com a família, conversa em um grupo, sento sozinha na sala de descanso, faço literalmente qualquer coisa — esse sentimento está lá, gritando comigo. Qualquer forma de interação (ou mesmo apenas existir em público) me faz sentir uma merda, mas eu ainda me envolvo porque sou patética e cuidadosa.
mesmo que eu consiga funcionar bem em qualquer ambiente em que eu acabe, eu simplesmente não sinto que deveria estar lá. onde quer que eu vá, sinto como se estivesse invadindo. eu quero desaparecer. eu me sinto como um elefante perpétuo na sala, mesmo que a maioria das pessoas mal me nota. eu realmente não impacto ninguém.
Não estou delirando, sei que a maioria das pessoas é indiferente à minha existência e presença. Simplesmente não me consigo livrar desse sentimento, a lógica real não afeta nada.
Eu não deveria existir, minha existência não faz nada além de me trazer dor, estou apenas ocupando espaço e recursos.
Sinto-me completamente assim, grande parte do tempo. Como você falou "estou ocupando espaço e recursos".

Parece que quando chego a lugares, minha presença realmente não causa impacto ou diferença. Não sou egocêntrico, mas realmente parece que não move ninguém.

Ao mesmo tempo que, se falo, preocupa meus pais (que realmente se importam) alguns outros familiares (aparentemente) fingem se importar pra não parecerem "errados".

Sempre sou positivo quando se trata do próximo, mas quanto a mim? Eu realmente não sei se posso (ou quero) mudar. Me sinto exausta (mas ao mesmo tempo eu não fiz nada. Será que conseguirei me expressar?)
 

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