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It almost sounds like you're around people a lot, even though you make yourself out to be socially retarded. If anything, people occupy your consciousness, no? Since you're concerned about coming out as passive agressive, you certainly are not.
I'll be honest: this was a refreshing read. To me you come out as highly empathetic, and that I like. Balancing sympathy with empathy is not easy, but I generally respect the empathic trait more than the other way around. What is troublesome is to project that trait to your surroundings, without trying too hard. Personally, sometimes I just can't find the way to be properly sympathetize with people - when you get that feeling that the situation calls for it, as I wouldn't want to be sympathetic just for the matter of showing sympathy. People will notice empty sympathy; if you have a little faith in your surroundings, you will understand that your experience as you left your university wasn't one given to you out of pity. You'd want your actions of sympathy to flow coherently with your personal idea of being empathic, right? Sometimes I think giving your surroundings the benefit of the doubt, is good enough; but others may disagree.
Anyway, the most refreshing part of this read was that you admitted that you're on some level dependant on your surroundings - even if you end up seeking solitude. I don't always know what to think when certain posters describe "them" as being hard to deal with. Sure, there are assholes around, and while the prospect of simply being left alone to enjoy life with your waifu or whatever may sound admirable per se - I don't believe it would be enough for the majority in the long run. Aknowledging other people as an asset is to me more admirable.
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