{"id":3894,"date":"2018-09-28T09:23:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T13:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2018-09-28T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T18:47:39","slug":"no-matter-how-much-i-try-i-never-feel-like-i-belong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/09\/28\/no-matter-how-much-i-try-i-never-feel-like-i-belong\/","title":{"rendered":"No matter how much I try, I never feel like I belong."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3893\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3893\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"No matter how much I try, I never feel like I belong. This is true for both BC as a whole and even individual friendships. Is there a way to shake this or am I destined to be alone?\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw092818-3.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No matter how much I try, I never feel like I belong. This is true for both BC as a whole and even individual friendships. Is there a way to shake this or am I destined to be alone?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a Wall, I stand on my own feet (well&#8230; footings, actually), but I also depend on my neighboring walls for support. Is it possible you&#8217;re expecting your friends to do more than a friend can? A feeling of loneliness or not belonging is likely a habit of mind at least as much as a condition of your friendships. If you can&#8217;t escape that feeling, counseling could help you create other mental habits. (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-counseling\">bit.ly\/BC-counseling<\/a>) I believe in you, and believe you&#8217;ll find supportive friendships and more comfort with your own solitary self.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Wall, I stand on my own feet (well&#8230; footings, actually), but I also depend on my neighboring walls for support. Is it possible you&#8217;re expecting your friends to do more than a friend can? A feeling of loneliness or not belonging is likely a habit of mind at least as much as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/09\/28\/no-matter-how-much-i-try-i-never-feel-like-i-belong\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No matter how much I try, I never feel like I belong.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3913,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}