Why is it so hard to find someone to talk too..someone to actually listen to you and not pretend..I'm so sad..

Question

All my life, I have been known as a great listener. Whenever someone needs advice or needs to vent, I listen attentively. Whenever someone wants to talk about stories about themselves or their love life or anything in general, i listen. I have never been much of a talker because I try to solve my own problems and keep many things to myself.

Now, I am down and out. I have so many problems in my life, I don't know what to do. I am 23 yrs old and confused about so many things, now that I need someone to talk to, they hear me, but they don't listen to me...

I feel that I have no one to talk to in life, it seems that everyone wants to be heard all at the same time. Whenever I talk to my friends, they hear me and then they start to drag their own issues, which is nothing compared to mine, back into the conversation and I feel that it is not fair.

So my question is this....Is it human nature for everyone wanting to be heard? Does anybody listen at all anymore? Am I the only listener here?

Answer 1

That is why we are all here, to listen to eachother.

Answer 2

I listen, and I feel the same way, no-one listens to me when I am weighed down to the point where I can barely take it anymore, but still I endure, after all, if I stopped listening, where would these people go to allay their worries?