How many of you feel that you do not fit in with society in general?

Answer 1

i dont

i can fit in to social situations, but i dont fit into this society

i hate our politicial situation

there are so many problems that would be reasonably easy to solve if we wanted to but people dont want them solved instead they complain

our people are weak and afraid

this is a sad situation, i dont belong here

Answer 2

Hmm, a remarkably well-constructed essay for someone "just a teen." Keep up the writing, you will go far. (In fact, write more. Post. Solicit comments. Great safety valve for angst!) That said, I too had little use for society and others when about your age. Always thought I had it easier, as a boy, because I could leave the house and have a better shot of self-sufficiency and survival without becoming dinner to some predator. Walked out for good at 19, but by then things were improving anyway. High School age is hell, because people are cliquish and those who don't fit in are shoved out. There is huge pressure to fit in. I managed by enduring and basically not paying attention to the bull. Couldn't put a name on more than maybe 20 of 250 classmates by the end (graduation), but it no longer mattered because I truly no longer cared. Capisch? You don't own their issues and behavior, they do. Don't invite the angst into your world, it will mostly stay away. You'll have to sort of bulldog your way through for a few years. Don't drop out, that has ramifications later in life that might not be fathomable at-current. Higher education is immensely more satisfactory, if that is your goal. For fun, consider taking an online Myers Briggs personality test. At least it will show you there are others of similar viewpoint. At the moment, it may seem like there are no others. For me the release was getting the hell out of the house to college at 17, 150 miles away. A major stress reliever for both me and my family, to be honest and fair to the latter. Not sure that is an option for you, now or in the future, but something to consider? Another wild card option would be joining the military, in a few years: girls do this, too, to gain self-respect and learn a trade. They do a great job of instilling esprit de corps and graphically showing the value of teamwork and ethics. As they say: they will drag you kicking and screaming, but in the end you will thank them. Best of luck.

Answer 3

I tried to fit in, thinking without a single doubt, that that's what everyone do and only losers drop out. I mean, I didn't even think that there was no other way until I was grade 8-9ish. Then, I realized that it doesn't have to be so. I became a total "weirdo" compared to other people. I am only 15 and I enjoy listening to operas and I have read Odyssey when I was grade 7. I was "weird" in this society all along and now at last I came to embrace it. It's difficult since people don't appreciate people who are "different" from them, and keep on being meddlesome when they aren't at all welcome, but I went through it. I'm very proud of it. Now people seems to slowly accept that there are some people who "enjoy" solitude, just like me.

Answer 4

I am not a "Wild Pig", nor am I politically correct.

How to Catch a Wild Pig

Many years ago there was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab, the professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt.

The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.

In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked, "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity.

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. While we continually lose our freedoms -- just a little at a time.

One should always remember "There is no such thing as a free lunch!" Also, "You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

If you see that all of this wonderful government "help" is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America and if you think the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
Think about it!

Answer 5

Wow, there's a lot of misunderstood emo kids here. And I of course say that with love, because R&S regulars rock my world!

But I think I fit in with society just fine. You have to make your own place to fit instead of expecting there to be on preexisting, just waiting for you.

Answer 6

In the past I have.. Things have changed, I've become more spiritual and I have a feeling of belonging and that I am supposed to be wherever I am. it feels good.

When I felt like I did not fit in with society, It was not a good life..
welcome to the good life

Answer 7

I have yet to find anywhere I feel like I fit. My family, even my boyfriend - I just don't fit in with any of them.

As far as society in general - I have decided that I must be the weird one.

Answer 8

That depends on what you mean by "fit in." Most people I know disagree with my views (social, political, religious, etc.) and most of them find my opinions repugnant. However, I have no trouble making and keeping friends, even though I've only known a couple people who shared a worldview similar to mine. I don't feel like an outcast, if that's what you mean. I usually just avoid discussing sensitive issues, and if it can't be avoided I usually tone myself down. I guess I'm just a conformist. Shame on me.

*Edit* -- The guy above me is confused, I think. (Rolling eyes) Yeah, clearly social welfare is as threatening to freedom as forcing the public to subsidize corporations.

Answer 9

I can fit in if I need to.

However, I choose not to most of the time. Most people are so concerned with 'fitting in' that they never really find out what life is all about.

I am able to maintain a lucrative career, without having to sell myself out.

Answer 10

I fit in many a society, just not the one I live in.

Answer 11

I may not fit some of the norms, but I make my own room in society. Everybody else can cope.