> > Do you feel that it Is like talking to a wall here because you feel
> >few people respond or because the responses are not on point or some
> >other reason?
> > Rado asked if I had posted this elsewhere and I did.  I got more
> >responses elsewhere, too, which may support your point, Jack.
> > Personally, I want people to help me.  I've tried unsuccesfully to
> >get a couple of people to help me.  It's very frustrating and
> >discouraging that I had been in a frame of mind to work on my problem,
> >but I can't get support and encouragement from the people from whom I
> >wanted it the most.

> sorry that I didn't answer earlier, Skog. I hadn't been back here in a
> while. The reason is that, yes, it was like talking to a wall because
> of precious few answers.

> Plus, this free usenet server that I'm using (being new) has some bugs
> and is dropping posts. I just went now to read through Google groups
> instead and I see your post for the first time.

> By way of reply, the only people that I got any help from (tons of any
> help that I would ask for) were women that I had relationships with.
> Anybody else will only do what little they happen to feel at the
> moment like doing, if it makes them able to demonstrate that they are
> a good and "caring" person.

> Most humans are crap. You have to seek out the few that are not. Be
> careful whom you trust. We live in a time when psychopaths are heroes.

> Does that sound cynical? :)  You have to laugh... or at least, I do :)

> As far as working on this problem, why not choose some small goals to
> achieve? Some goals that don't rely heavily on other people being good
> and nice to you, but still naturally enough do involve interacting
> with other people.