Dear cyrus1987:

I see it/ read it again and again: people who feel lonely or otherwise distressed perceive others- inaccurately- as happy, making assumptions that others are living the life!

Social media, Facebook, is not a true representation of reality. A FB page is a collection of still photos, is it not, of people smiling and having a good time. Still photos, meaning you don’t see the people a second after the photo was taken or an hour after. You don’t see the arguments or fights following the smiles and hugs.

And you see bigger families with many siblings and you inaccurately assume the siblings get along, while often the siblings compete for the little available love from the parents, picking on each other.

And then, someone out there reading your post may say: HE is employed! Lucky him… and working in London- I so wish I worked, so wish I worked in London… and he has “many good friends”- that must be a dream of a life..

But no, the title of your thread is “An emotional wreck?!”- so I believe you. Tell me more about your loneliness, the lonely child that you were and how that child-in-you experiences life currently?

anita