They do tend to complicate things, don't they? Feelings are just so messy and confusing! I like things to be neater and simpler than that, I think.

[She sighs.]

I barely even know myself most days, much less how to respond to others when they're hurting and upset. I try my best but it's just hard. I guess I just don't see or feel things the way other people do.

[But it doesn't mean she doesn't want or need to be with other people. She gets lonely and feels the need to belong, the same as anyone else.]