As I get a better handle on who I am as a person, I’m recently struggling a lot with feeling lonely as someone that doesn’t feel connected to other women no matter how hard I try, and find it hard to feel like my relationships with friends, families and partners are anything more than a mask of myself trying to fit into a world that I will never fully feel comfortable and understood in.
I crave close female friendships and the intimate sibling and parent relationships I see others have, but it seems so foreign, and I always feel like something is missing within myself. I feel disconnected to the idea of being a woman (though I desperately crave the connection that close female friendships bring), disconnected to my family though I love them, and like my connections to romantic relationships are not what they are supposed to be.
I was hoping someone had book recommendations exploring these issues, as I want to understand more about others experiences in navigating the world feeling like this, and hopefully understand a path forward in either accepting or improving my situation.
by Earthworm_atrest