Do many of you often get like this? I have so many things I'd like to talk about but never can and the thoughts just stay there for ages- it gets very frustrating. Firstly, I'm very shy. Actually, I don't have any friends. I used to, and I still keep trying, but no-one ever finds me interesting for more than a day or two partly because I'm very quiet and partly because no-one cares. Everyone talks to me like I'm about 12, even the people my own age but really, I'm 18. It's the same at home. No-one else in my family is quiet but even still, I'm more comfortable around them- I look forward to the weekends when my older sister gets home from uni so I can finally talk to someone, but she's always too tired now and will be too bored of me after a few sentences. I hate the way I can't have a conversation with someone without feeling like I'm annoying them or that they'd rather be elsewhere. No-one I know shares my interests but it's not like I go off on endless discussions about those things anyway- it doesn't matter what I say, no-one cares. I can't talk to anyone about the things that bother me because I'd only be burdening them- most of my 'friends' don't have a clue about my homelife etc. They just see me as the quiet girl who's sort of there but I probably don't mean anything to them, and likewise my family probably couldn't name any of my friends- if I mention them, no-one's listening anyway, they've got more important things to talk about. It's just annoying- I pay full attention to them, I help them when they need it, I listen when they're discussing the things they care about, I remember things about them. No-one ever seems to do it in return and I'm getting tired of trying. I really dislike being this lonely all the time.