Commentary from November 22, 2013
I can’t tell you how many times this has happened to me, where I am with a group of people and suddenly my brain switches to “my presence is meaningless” mode and I have to leave. This is another one where I’m not quite sure if it’s due to depression or not but I’m throwing it out there to see if people can connect. This is another reason why I lost many friends, you tend not to invite someone out who looks like they’re not enjoying themselves and they’re ready to leave at any moment.
Even when I was in a crowd,
I was always alone.
—Ernest Hemingway
Sheridan: I never forget the feeling of helplessness. I never thought there could be anything worse than being all alone in the night.
Delenn: But there is. Being all alone in a crowd.
—Babylon 5, “There All The Honor Lies”
There’s something that rages in me when young people quote actors reciting scripted quotes that belong to neither.
It just shows how low we’ve sunk.
Sorry.
…can I suggest you stop watching plays, movies, television shows, or other acted media then?
A totally necessary comment for a comic about negativity and depression.
I don’t get what any of you are talking about. I very much get the comic, because as a person with depression/bipolar on the Autistic Spectrum, I am so used to feeling like the character feels that I no longer bother going to social events, because I get so lonely I just want to…..go home.
I have no idea what the OP was talking about and how it relates to the comic above, I was seriously hoping someone could have explained it to me 🙂
I think that was a bit unnecessary, especially as this is a site with many vulnerable people viewing it every day. I think they were just trying to make the point that others recognise this feeling too, and that’s a legit point to make. We have a duty to be nice to everyone, and even more so those who are feeling vulnerable!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve felt like this. Thank you for expressing it so well…
This is really good!
I’m less alone reading this comic than I am having dinner with my parents.