I think everyone feels like this at some point, especially in adolescence, but I'm about to turn 27 and still feel like there is not a soul alive who understands me. I have friends, but I still don't feel like anyone really understands me, and the few people I've truly opened up to in my life didn't really seem like they cared or wanted to hear about me. My life is actually pretty great viewed from the outside. I've been pretty successful in running, school, various things in life, etc, and I have friends, but I still feel like no one knows the real me. Maybe I'm being immature or melodramatic, but that's how I feel. I was just wondering if this is common or not. I have reason to believe I'm pretty different from most people in a number of ways, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unique in feeling like an alien in the world.