Boy, can I relate to that. I think feeling like we belong is humanity's original addiction. I guess it's one thing if you're really a lone wolf and don't care one way or the other, but to always be feeling like you're not quite part of the tribe—to be the one sitting at the campfire way out at the edge of the firelight—can be excruciating. It is for me and it sounds like it might be for you too.I'm tired of trying to find the place that I belong in this world only to be kicked to the kurb.
It's tough to tell someone that the hurt is worth it when there's little evidence to back it up, but I'm trying to operate under that assumption myself, so I pass it along in good faith.
Hang tough.