Maybe try to figure out why you don’t have those feelings for anyone else? Now that you know it is possible for you to feel that way, it might be that those people have hurt you in ways that are incompatible with love. And that doesn’t have to do with you being broken or incomplete or missing something that others have, it has to do with troubled people not knowing how to appreciate and love you in the way you deserve. It might be the situation/location/the people you are around, so maybe changing those around would help you?

I definitely know that feeling. It took me a really long time to find people I connected with, and when they left, it left a hole in my life that is very hard to fill. I’ve found some things that help, hobbies, spending time with friends, and my pets. But it’s still lonely at times. I found a therapist and that’s been helping. I have hope that my life will be different than what it is like now. Things can be different. For both of us :)