Ever feel alone in a crowded room?
So many people can be in a crowd of people and feel totally disconnected with the world around them. Like the world isn't a safe place and find it hard feeling they're part of it.. Trauma, depression or anxiety disorders can numb the connections around us. So many of us have felt that feeling where we're unexplainably feeling out of place or we don't belong. In part it could be confidence but it could be more than that. Our connections and perceptions of our place in the world comes from how secure our connections are with ourselves. I had broken connections with myself at one point and really felt like I was so distant to people around me. I eventually chose to be more supportive of myself including being more self compassionate and cheering myself on instead of beating on myself and those outside connections suddenly felt less distant. I just want to acknowledge anyone in this group who may experience this disconnection to not give up. It's not because you're bad or anything like that it's because you're not giving to yourself as much as you deserve. And you do deserve. You're seen, heard, and you have a meaning and purpose in this world that makes you valuable. Never let anything or anyone make you feel like you don't deserve the good you can give yourself.