Halloween and Loneliness: Does Anyone Else Feel This Way?

Halloween itself is not socially tricky for me, because I usually spend it with parents and siblings, but I relate to longing for a good solid friend group to do stuff with. I pretty much have my partner, my best friend, and then some other friends I don't talk to much. No big groups, just the misfits i picked up along the way, and everyone is long-distance.

Halloween is one of those few holidays where “imposter syndrome” becomes “con artist syndrome” for me. I can be more of myself during that time because people are more accepting and more expecting of “character personalities” so I can be the feral little goblin that gets to goof off and have some fun.