I feel like an alien

Nobody understands me and I've worked on trying to open up more to try and find that understanding but it just makes it worse. I feel so incredibly lonely and like nobody out there understands my world view. I've resorted to constantly masking to find some connection but it always feels hollow and I wind up depressed because I'm both pretending to be someone else and STILL misunderstood. It feels hopeless.

Does this ever get better? Can anyone relate and how do you manage it?