My circle has kicked me out of the pack, basically rejecting me and relegating me to the status of a lone wolf.
In the beginning, I wore it as a badge of honor—the one who can take on life and the world alone—but I sit here today, broken, useless, and worthless, and I have come to understand that the moniker is not and was not what it was cracked up to be.
That said, unfortunately, it is very difficult to join a different pack when one's own pack rejects it.
Other packs (people, the world, etc.) wonder why that wolf was rejected.
There must be something wrong with it.
Thus the lone wolf dies and the pack survives, which I think is a damn true statement (no one does it alone to think otherwise is a fallacy).
Yet my circle expected me to do just that.
I think being needed is a necessity.
Sure, focusing on oneself is great, but if all that corrective action still leaves one a lone wolf, then all that work was for naught and the outcome will be the same.
While this is what my life has become, I also understand that ending up sideways is all my fault, and my inability to correct it is also all my fault.
So, since I do not know how to ask for or accept help (I was never taught how), can't seem to fix what I have broken, and do not want to be a drain on other people's time, energy, and finances, as I am no one's responsibility and I do not add or bring any value to anyone's life, the responsible thing for me to do is to eventually checkout.
Sorry for the long, rambling, and incoherent post.