Losing my mind slowly

I Really Don’t Feel Like I Belong Here

Do you?

Emily Jennings
4 min readApr 18, 2024

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not belonging here on planet earth
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I am honestly flabbergasted by the fact that most people feel comfortable with this reality. Being on this planet is super weird to me. I am not acclimated to this societal climate. I don’t jive with the way people think. It’s like I am an alien in my own world.

What’s very strange is that people are unhappy, and yet they accept the way things are playing out. They participate in the game and then they sit there and complain about it. Humans in modern, developed societies are miserable. I can’t speak for those living off the land in “primitive” communities (which still do exist) because in this lifetime I am a white suburban woman with perceived privileges. But a lot of the time, I wonder whether I am the privileged one or I am being punished somehow.

People around me are deeply attached to physical things or relationships. They never seem to look within. What the fuck is this?

I think I am living among zombies sometimes. They are stuck in a dream, unable to wake up. But I see their souls. I know they’re not fundamentally brainwashed. On the surface, it seems like they are so trapped. What’s wild is that they believe they’re happy when they’re…

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Emily Jennings
Emily Jennings

Written by Emily Jennings

I am here to confirm you're not crazy. Your life has meaning and nothing is an accident. | IG: @wellness_oneness | www.wellnessoneness.com

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