Fear of Loneliness?

It is not my typical mode of operation to retreat to myself when I'm upset about something, despite how it may at times appear. In fact, I don't even care to be alone. As I've mentioned before, this is part of the reason I can tend to be, I KNOW, obnoxious with IMs. Not much here to do, no one to talk to, blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda. I find it strange that, while I don't like to be alone, I don't really trust anyone to go out with either. I suspect that everyone that I don't know could be an axe murderer, as though I'm the actress in "Single, White, Female."

But really, it all boils down to the fact that I really fear loneliness. When the IMs are going, or someone is around to talk to, I'm fine. Take away that personal interaction, though, and suddenly I'm depressed and crying.

Makes me wonder if the person I'm really afraid of is ME, instead of everybody else...