You can fool yourself.......
There comes a time when you realise that no matter what you do, or why, you cannot expose fear. Sometimes fear will win just because you cannot help someone that likes to use their problems as an excuse, to exploit people's sympathy, telling themselves that they are justified. You keep telling yourself that you are dealing with your problems and keep alienating yourself. How can the problem be blamed on being unsociable when you are still empty, even when there is no one left to hear your anguish?