I feel like an old man at age 20.

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I feel old in thought and experience and young in vitality and curiosity. When I'm doing something I truly enjoy --one of my special interest-- I feel young, very young. However, when I'm thinking about my life and life in general I feel old, like 40/50. My sister tells me she forgets how old I am when I have conversations with her. This creates problems for me because it means that I can't connect with my peers very well, I'm in college so socializing is very important. It also means that I'm far too secure in myself at this young of an age. I don't go out to parties, I stay in mostly and read and watch things that most people my age find boring or stupid.

Maybe the fact that you can't get along with your peers says more about them than it does about you.

Find peers you CAN get along with. Like you, they will be hard to find. Try joining clubs or looking for companies or volunteer groups or other organizations devoted to interests of yours. See if they click. They might not, but that's okay.

Just because you live near ten people doesn't mean you should lower yourself to their level, or vice versa. Only losers think that way.