Do you ever feel like you can change the world? You responded to Ambular’s e-mail with so many amazing ideas and so much intelligence and so much support. Here’s a response from Lowdown Panda, which made me feel proud even though I’m just the conduit here. And then came Ambular’s response in the comments:

Having finished reading over every comment, I just wanted to say thank you so much to everyone for being so supportive and nice. I really haven’t had much positive encouragement in my life and it feels so good to know that there are people out there who have had experiences like mine and that I’m truly not the only one.

For so long I’ve thought that I must be the only girl my age out there like me because I have only been surrounded by my peers telling me about their amazing careers and love lives. I’ve never really met someone like me and so I’ve just isolated myself from everything, thinking I was just some freak of nature and that I’m worth no ones time. Your comments and suggestions brought tears to my eyes and I can’t thank you enough. To hear so many positive comments and suggestions is truly going to help me take that first step to being a better me and improving my confidence.

I know a lot of people on here have made suggestions about picking up some hobbies and doing things I love. I love music and attend as many local Seattle concerts as humanly possible, but somehow I would think social interaction in the middle of a mosh pit would be impossible. Haha. But either way, for now, like some have suggested, I’m going to focus on my studies and spend some time figuring out what I truly want to do with my life…even though the thought literally scares the hell out of me since I’ve been so afraid to venture out and put myself out there.

I want to thank everyone again for taking time out of their day to give me some real insight and suggestions that I would have never thought of before. It really makes me feel like I’m not some insignificant waste of space in the world. I know I will have trouble on the path to accepting and loving myself, but it brings so much comfort knowing there are so many wonderful people here to pick me up when I fall. I cannot thank you enough.

*greatbighugehugs*

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I know Ambular, Lowdown Panda, and many others are still reading the original post. So if you haven’t chimed in yet, and you want to add your voice, please don’t hesitate for a moment.

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