I don't know you either. But that's just it - none of us knows everybody. You could still meet somebody who does care about you. A lot of us are lonely and feel as you do. What are we to do if everybody who feels like we do starts killing themselves? Kill ourselves as well? Why, when there are so many people going through the very same pain? Doesn't it make more sense for us to care about each other, to talk to each other and try to help each other? Why let "the world" that is so full of people who don't care, win by removing ourselves from it? There has to be a better way. We only get this one life. We are all born into this world naked, cold and alone. Our only hope is to find meaning and meaningful relationships with others who care about us. You took the first step by finding this forum; why else would you be here if not to find somebody else who cares and feels as you do? I came here because I was desperate, because I had completely run out of hope and I wanted somebody else to give me a reason to survive. I didn't truly want to die, none of us do, or else we wouldn't be here. We're here because we desperately want somebody to care about us and we want to know what it's like to feel happy and loved. We want somebody to give us any excuse to NOT kill ourselves, because we've run out of excuses for ourselves. There are people out there who could care about you, if you just give us a chance. Believe me, I constantly wonder whether I'd be better off dead and whether or not anybody would care. Maybe I would be and maybe they wouldn't. But I have to hold onto the hope that there is something or somebody out there that is worth living for. There are so many people here who feel the same way, so I know I'm not alone. That in itself gives me hope, knowing that there are other people who can relate to how I'm feeling. We are not alone, even when we think we are.