[Sheeva]

..it's always seemed, especially recently, that none of you like me. It's evidenced by everyone that I've ever added as a friend always abandone me at some point, people often ignore me. It's like this every where for me, not just here. It's worse in the real world, though, because I have social anxiety and agoraphobia....most people think I'm crazy..like alot of you probably do....and I don't care. But I still wanted to post this and get it out of my system.

If it wasn't for the mods section I would have left these forums years ago. But maybe I should leve anyways? It makes me very depressed to be ignored and abandoned.

[jesse villaneda]

What are you seeking to gain from this thread?

In my experience, when someone who feels shunned and ignored says that out loud, good things are definitely to follow. /sarcasm

[Dean]

Leave if you want, stay if you want.

-JagarTharn12

If you post more, then people will likely respond more, the mod sections are fairly slow in comparison to other parts of the forum (depending on the game I guess), so that might be why it seems like your being ignored.

[Jynx Anthropic]

Posting this kind of thread is not the best way to get the attention you seem to desire.

[Jade MacSpade]

Honestly I dont think I've ever seen a post from you. That's not saying that I am ignoring you but that you have posted so little that I have not seen you. Try to become more active in the community if you wish more attention.

[Adam]

Looking at your most recent posts and threads, it doesn't seem like you're being ignored. The "friend" system on these forums isn't exactly very significant. I haven't talked to anyone on my friend's list for a very long time, if I've ever spoken with them in the first place. This isn't Facespace or Mybook.

[Hella Beast]

I've never seen you post.

Edit

This thread is suspicious. Joined in 09, only 363 posts, acts like they've been here forever and we should know them personally, no avatar, no one in friends list, female account name, almost as much views as posts, listed as female in the profile, no age/birthday or ways to add them steam/live/psn. Call me more than a little suspicious folks. I suspect this could be an older member just screwing around with us.

[sharon]

Nobody likes me and I stay, so hell, you should too. XD

Anyway OP, I see you've been a member since 2009 and have only 363 posts. You need to be more active than that to be "recognized" (and to be "liked" those posts have to be a certain way too). I'd advise you to stick around and be more active in Community Discussion rather than the mods section to achieve your desired results.

EDIT: And I posted in your thread, I like vampires too.

[Oceavision]

Um .. your profile says you haven't added anyone as a friend yet ... could be hidden I guess.

Also if you feel everyone hates or is out to get you, then your mind is going to eventually make that "true" even if it's not.

Also, what everyone else has said.

Also also, you probably shouldn't seek psychiatric advise from a bunch of people you dont know on a forum.

[Abi Emily]

You're over-thinking. Nobody knows you who are. Nobody likes you because you are "Cassandra" without an image who never posts. Nobody dislikes you either.. because nobody knows who are.

In any case... the search for belonging shouldn't be on a video game forum.

[James Smart]

Actually, people may dislike you because your profile name is the same as a certain rather somewhat sometimes hated person in a game series.

[Eoh]

This is a gaming forum, not twitter or facebook.

Friends here don't really mean anything, I don't think I've actually touched my own profile or looked at other peoples since I joined, besides changing my avatar (which has been the same for over a year.).

Get an avatar, it makes you more recognizable. I usually don't look at peoples names, just their picture. To be honest I don't recall ever seeing you post.

Edit: after looking at your recent posts, it seems they are all in the skyrim section, which is more a Q&A forum. As far as sociability goes on a gaming forum, it's all here in community.

[ijohnnny]

I don't recall seeing any posts from you @Cassandra. I'm curious as to why people here don't seem to like you as you say. Sometimes it takes two to tango. In any case, Cassandra, just love yourself and forget about people if they like you or not. Sooner or later you'll meet someone who will really care for you. But you must love yourself first and have some sort of dignity because if you don't, than you'll be living someone else's life and not yours.

[lexy]

I've thought your avatar was a really weird looking fish for the longest time...

Now I see a person with a shield or something on his back.

[Rachel Hall]

Watch Portal 2 video in my sig, it will all make sense. I should start calling myself FIsh Ra at this point. Most people seem to think it's a fish of some kind.

Edit

Original poster even posts once and leaves.

[Allison Sizemore]

At first, I thought your profile picture was Sam Gamgee standing in blinding white light. Close enough.

[Enie van Bied]

I'm going to leave this open for now because I think there's some good advice generally in here.

If you want to be "liked", the first thing to do is to like others. Don't spam, but do post regularly in other poster's topics with helpful, relevant, supportive remarks. What sort of person do you like on forums? Someone helpful who is always making encouraging comments in modding WIP threads, perhaps pointing out polite suggestions for improvement? Someone who always has the answer to technical problems and can explain it helpfully in a non-condescending manner? Someone who steers Community Discussion threads in constructive directions, answering even "stupid" questions with on-topic advice? Think of the sort of person you would like to hang around and be that person.

The avatar advice is good: choose something that stands out for the right reasons: eye-catching but not glaring, memorable and inoffensive. A personal brand statement, if you like.

Everyone has their "off" days and I like to think that, as a community, we can all be here for each other when we are feeling low and want some support from our friends. That's fine. On the whole, though, try to stay positive and distract yourself by focussing on other people - enjoying their contributions and responding with praise and encouragement - because positivity attracts people far more readily than moping. That's not to say you can't ever complain, but trying to stay positive is a healthy mindset to get into.

Finally, if you do feel overwhelmed and need more professional advice than a bunch of nerdy strangers, look for the mentalhealth.gov link at the bottom of the page. Those are the people who really do have the answers.

[sas]

And the truth shall set you free...

But seriously. I PM with different people sometimes some more than others, but I don't have anyone on my 'friends' list'. If you want to make social connections I'd begin with overcoming your agoraphobia. Panic attacks are rough, but locking yourself in won't help.

Baby steps Cass... it's all bout baby steps.

Edit: I've dealt with my share of anxiety due to hypervigilance I picked up from my time in the military. It took time, but I'm relatively back to my old civvie self. Zen helped. Look into meditation techniques (it worked for me) if you ever want to get back out there and from inside of your head. Anyways you've got my support if you need it.

[Greg Cavaliere]

Hey! Don't read too much into profile names! lol

I'm not really spiteful ... I tried literally 50 - 60 names and they were all taken so I typed "Spite" for some reason and no one had it ... in hind sight I probably should have just added a number after one of the 50 - 60 other names and went with it. I don't think too many people take my posts as me trying to be helpful a lot of the time when I really am lol

[Mizz.Jayy]

You know nothing about profile name mistakes.