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    Hi there. You're a Soilwork fan?! I like when people provide last.fm accounts as I am always enthusiastic about hearing new things, but equally as interested in finding people with similar taste too.

    What did you think of the Ride Majestic? Any particular favourite albums?

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    ....i had thought id say hi but not much beyond that. conversation is a challenge haha thanks for the reply

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    Anyways I have to run a few errands today but I noticed one of your posts so I thought I'd say hello, plz feel free to chat in the future 'bout anything really, whatever is on your mind. Internet friends and penpals, it isn't enough all the time but it certainly does dull some of the pain, well it does for me. Plz takecare of yourself!

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    I quit this forum for a couple months, grew disappointed, apathetic and bored of real life and came back here because without even explaining my situation, these people just get it.

    There isn't a group for SA where I live, so I rely on this to retain my sanity as well as my brother and his friends. I practice socializing at work but it hasn't quite paid off just yet, has it? I'm slowly starting to realize that maybe it shouldn't matter, work is work, and aside from being a productive coworker, these people seek nothing from me, I should respond with mutual feelings.

    It's like a silly formula in my mind, how does one form friendships so easily? Well people share stuff in common and eventually share deep stuff if a certain situation somehow naturally arises and they form a deeper bond somehow. That feeling of validation and understanding, feels warm, nice, short lived though sadly. How many fake people in our lives? I'm sure we've all lost count.

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    As have I... I prefer fantasy over reality as well lol.

    Truth be told I pushed myself for the last four years to pretend to be "normal" at work but these new people, these handful of "friends" and hundred positive acquaintances, they will never truly understand me.

    I think as we get older, introverted people tend to become even more selective what with time being the most valuable resource. Ironically they are often the most kind yet the ones mostly in pain as well. They often feel they waste social people's time because we feel we don't meet their expectations of entertaining or whatever, pffft.

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    That's quite the extensive collection. Impressive, most impressive.

    Many of those titles I loved too! Zelda, Dragon Age, Sims, Fable, Red Dead Redemption, list goes on.

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    Fiction can be fun. Reality is indeed a cruel mistress.

    No it's certainly enough, we shouldn't trivialize loneliness.


    Oh yeah? Which consoles? I have a ps3 though haven't touched it much, I used to play Destiny, with my brother, though now obviously we're focused on ARK on the PC.

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    Beyond help... I've said similar things often both irl and on here, when I'm in my frowny moods, then I'll flipflop and force myself to "try" to remain optimistic. I mean I often watch shows/movies and read tales of hopelessness and in the end the protagonists triumph, why shouldn't people like us?

    Is there any specific reason aside from your SA, loneliness, fear of judgment/inferiority complex that is getting in the way of obtaining happiness? Certainly there are certain situations and specific environments that can make ones life seem difficult and hard to manage. Believe me I know, sigh...

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    So you're a fellow gamer, do you have a Steam acct on the PC? If so what games? Currently I'm playing Overwatch & ARK, mainly because my brother wants me to, yet they are pleasant distractions for now. :)
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