Wow...this really spoke to me. Thank you for writing it. At the risk of being overly cheesy, I want to reply to your quotes with one of my favorites from Kurt Vonnegut:
“Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”
“Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.”