Have you ever gotten tired of everyone around you (friends, family, co-workers, lovers, anyone and everyone) and felt that you want to be alone? It's not that you don't like them, and you certainly think that relationships are important to you, but you're just really tired of maintaining these relationships in your life.
Over the past year, I've been having this feeling, and I don't know how to get over this phase where I hate being around people, but then I still go out and see them because I feel that it's my responsibility to maintain these relationships. On the other hand, I don't want them to know about this feeling that I have because I know these people are important to me and I don't want to hurt their feelings or have them worry about me. I act completely normal when I'm around them, but afterwards when I'm alone I get upset and feel so exhausted. I just can't explain why I'm unhappy.
I think I need help because I've been struggling over this feeling for too long. Can you analyze this and tell me what is it that I want? Is this just a phase that everyone goes through at some point in life? For sure I'm not sick or depressed because I am still able to pin-point exactly how I feel, or am I?