I keep writing stuff in someone else's comments and then thinking two things; First, I need to stop soapboxing in other's space, they will eventually find me and punch me. Second, I need to put that in my journal so I will remember what I said later when I am all whacked out and hating life ( Read more... )

During a recent conversation I stated that I frequently feel as if I have to protect others from who I really am. The unstated corollary to that thought is that perhaps I feel the need to protect myself from revealing too much of who I really am. In allowing myself to feel comfortable enough with another person to be who I am inside, to reveal my ( Read more... )