Can You Feel Lonely In A Large Group Of People?

I'm starting to feel like this is the case with me too. There's only a handful of people I care about in my life (my immediate family, whatever's left of my extended family, plus this forum), so extending that care and attention toward people I don't know takes energy out of me.
 
Yep, precisely. Unless you're a family member, rl friend or a part of a community I care about, I don't really want to know, so very similar situation to yourself. When I care, though, I'm all in. I'm there to help when I can be, and trying to be jovial in down times so people can try to be happy. I don't know if it's me getting older or just more cynical, but I don't want to know people anymore. I'm still looking for the right person from a relationship standpoint, and if that happens, however unlikely, then great! If it doesn't...meh...I've still got forums to talk anime tiddies on, so I'm good!

(gotta' end with the light stuff, focus too much on the negative, you hit that spiral and it's a hard one to come back from)