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On Friendship (part 2)

It is no secret that I tend to struggle with interacting with my peer group. And although I have accepted this, work through it, and do my best to move forward, it is often one of the hardest struggles I deal with. On one hand, it's a blessing, but on the other, it is a definite curse. I guess, as my first post eludes to, this is my "normal." From a very young age, I can remember preferring to spend time with those who, at the time, were much older than I was: teachers, therapists, etc. I just struggle with feeling comfortable while interacting with my peer group. As was stated in my part 1 post, I do think there's a legitimate reason why this is the case: while those my age were running, jumping, and playing, I often was with the adults simply because I could not run, jump, and play like those my age did. So, from a very young age, it was simply natural for me to be secluded from that group, and it was absolutely no one's fault, it just was. In writing this pos...