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22 Nov 2016, 11:03 pm
I spent the first 13 years of my life without making any friends. I don't have family to speak of. Before I found people to become attached to, I didn't know that it was unusual to want to die. It hurts a lot when they leave, but without people who I love and who are kind to me, my mental health suffers. The need for connection is an element of human nature.
I feel its only needed when someone feels its a needed, how is someone's life better after communicating? How is it better from bad communication? Its not, its "needed" because that is what people want, they want to feel loved, but it is not a necessity. There are a million things that can occupy someone's time in isolation.
want =! need
Illegal Nazi experiments during WWII show that human connection is essential for survival, even when all physical needs are being met. Aside from that, I would probably be dead now if it weren't for connections I'd formed. I had no reason to live (not learning anything at school, so wasting every day, no friends or other connections). The only thing which kept me alive until I found more challenging schoolwork and inter-personal connections was not knowing how to die.
I'm sorry if this is fairly heavy - I'm fine now, so don't worry.
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I understand what you mean. This year four of my close friends graduated from school (I have another year), and on the last day I almost wished I had never become friends with them. I'm still getting used to is.
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Is your picture Schultz again? And, given your signature, is Schultz your preferred online name? (I know this is off topic, but I just had to ask).
23 Nov 2016, 9:23 am
I have a friend I used to work with who I have developed an attachment to, even though we aren't super close. She is moving out of state and I'm having trouble coping right now because of it. When I was in school, I formed attachments to teachers too (well, the nice ones I had 
), and would get upset when the school year ended and I no longer would see them every day.
My advice would just be to try and keep in touch with them, as long as they are okay with it and think it is appropriate. Perhaps through email, writing letters, or you could see if they will let you add them on Facebook. Good luck! 
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24 Nov 2016, 3:47 am
), and would get upset when the school year ended and I no longer would see them every day. My advice would just be to try and keep in touch with them, as long as they are okay with it and think it is appropriate. Perhaps through email, writing letters, or you could see if they will let you add them on Facebook. Good luck!
I would love to keep in contact with them, but school policy does not allow it. I don't use social media, and have absolutely no way of contacting them. There is a possibility that two of my teachers who have left have left the country.
That is one of the things that makes it hardest for me, knowing that they are probably still somewhere, but I will probably never see them again.
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