feeling trapped

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does anyone else feel trapped?

This thread will probably get moved to The Haven but yes there are times when I feel like my life should be 10 levels ahead of where it is, thinking that speaking up at a certain point in life would have been better, and shutting up wouldn't have had something negative happening as a result

I felt like that when I lived with my parents. I was stuck in a rural town with no public transportation & cant drive cuz of a low vision disorder. I was unemployed alot because of that & because of other disabilities. My parents were on my back aLOT about me not working cuz I was lazy & I was also really lonely & had little luck finding a girlfriend.

I feel trapped in a vicious cycle. I'm stuck in a low-paid dead-end job and I want to aim higher like my peers, but I lack the confidence and some social skills to do it. I want to get into office work, but every time I go for one, the first thing they ask me is "do you have experience in offices?" I did do a bit of computer data work in an office when I was volunteering at a charity shop a few years ago, and also I like working on the computer and I am good at writing letters and stuff (I am a good writer and speller), but I have a feeling that that isn't enough to employers and that they're looking for people that are much more qualified and confident.

I feel trapped inside of myself. I find making conversation very difficult. I often wonder what in the world other people find o chit chat about.

It's not good because I am an extrovert. That sounds like a contradiction, but I do feel a lot happier and we'll if I interact with people rather than being on my own.

It's a bit of a curse to be an incommunicado extrovert.

I feel trapped in my mind sometimes. I never stop thinking, and it feels like the only way I can let my thoughts out is to write them or type them. It makes me feel like no one really knows me, even my own family, who I am very close to.

Without typing or writing, I can only talk to my family, and only when no one else can hear me. This means most people might think I'm rude or stupid for not talking, which makes me feel worse about it.

It's like I'm behind glass, watching everything around me like it's a movie. I can't join in, and I can only watch. If the glass was gone and I could join, I still wouldn't know what to do.

I feel boring and like I have no personality because no one really gets to see it. It's trapped inside of me unless I'm writing/typing.

No but I have when I was a child. It was hell and a lot of anxiety and not having any control over your situation and no one giving a darn. They just keep on doing knowing full well it will give you anxiety and then getting mad at you about it.

Totally.

I used to feel that life was passing me by years ago, but am now doing a lot of things I thought I would never do. People tell me that the only limits are in my own mind, and this is partially true. Technically, it is my brain that sometimes lets me down, particularly if I am tired or stressed. I know I have to discipline myself about little things such as cleaning, but I sometimes can't summon the energy to devote as much time to that as I need to.

It just seems like people know who we are. but it feels like when we meet someone its like for the first time