Being in pain can often be a lonely feeling. It leads you to believe that nobody will ever understand what it means to hurt this much. Your suffering feels permanent and the damage it does to you feels irreparable, but it doesn't have to be that way. What gives us strength, sometimes, is discovering that our pain is shared by others, that there are people out there who have gone through something similar. You feel alone and helpless right now but one day, you will meet people who have hit rock bottom for the same reasons you have, and in their company, you will feel comforted. You will feel like you've found people who relate to what you're going through. You will feel like you belong.