Is there any hope?
So I am a single daughter who is 25F who lives in India where people heavily rely on arranged marriages. I don't know if it is the right sub but I felt safe to post my thoughts here and I need advice or some thoughts from more mature people here.
I have never been in a relationship since as you all may understand, India had backward thinking in these prospects and when I thought I was ready for relationship like 2-3 years ago, everyone around me wanted some sort of time pass.
I am a very emotional person and I want a deep long connection, that understanding, those hugs and kisses that makes you feel strong again that yes, you are not alone in this world. I desperately crave that deep shojo romance I have grew up with.
But I have never been approached, I am touch starved, I never had any kind of physical intimacy nor emotional too. But each day and each night is so tough. I have cried many nights knowing that there are currently people who are my age and are in love and in loving relationship while I crying on my pillow. I live with my parents (which is normal here as it is not in foreign countries) and when I thought I could try to communicate with them, they shouted at me. It's been months when I break apart and pick myself together.
My friends say oh you will find someone, there is someone out there and you will have arranged marriage anyways or try manifesting the person (I have come to hate the word manifestation so much after these few months) and these all words come from people who are or have been in relationship. They don't understand the depth of loneliness I bear as a single child and a single person having no relationships.
What if there was no someone? What if the stranger I marry is more harm than good? What should I do? Each night feels like i am losing a part of me to a demon that no one knows exist. Each night it hurts to even sleep. Each night I compare myself to those who are in loving partners arms and having something I crave. Please... What should I do?
I am sorry if this is not the right subreddit, I searched for a subreddit for single people and only bald men came which I immediately felt unsafe in. So if my post is against the rules, I think this will be deleted and I am sorry for that.