I'm not alone?

[Etaru]

I stumbled across an article about this stuff on Yahoo.  I was stunned because for the past six years I've assumed there was just something wrong with me and that I was alone with it.  I've kept this a secret...from everyone.  I'm still not sure how in depth I want to go about the other world that I live in.  I made an alias, my other name, and picked a random zip code for where I live.  I can't describe in words how it feels to know I'm not the only one who is locked in my own mind.  I don't have a bad life, I really don't.  When my other life was created, though, I was in a really bad place.  But even now, after I've gotten out of it, my other life continues.  I don't know why I still go to live in my other life, or how to make it stop.  I'm always so distracted and I feel like I can never concentrate.  It's like instead of studying, cleaning, being productive in general, etc. I go away.  Most of the time I can't stop it and no one understands why.  I'm depressed and paranoid and I hate that I can't be honest with anyone.  I wish I could confide in just one person.  I wish I could tell one person everything about me and not be labeled a freak.  

[SwanInTheWater]

It was a really big deal for me when I found out I wasn't the only one. It started when I was three or four and when I was eleven I remember thinking there was something wrong with me and then I told myself I would grow out of it. Of course that is not the case. So this has been my life for about 17 years now.

[Etaru]

Yeah I'm starting to feel a little more normal now that I know there are others.

[terry]

I too came across that article that is how I got to this website, I am glad there are other like me.