Life Goes On...

How hard (or easy) is it for you to open up about your personal life to someone online?

like...let's take the forum for example. If you were struggling with a difficult situation..would be easy for you to just post a blog about it, to vent your feelings and also gain some support from members and friends you have here?

or do you prefer to just bottle it up inside?

I bottle up my personal stuff to people I see in person, but when I'm online I open up to people and actually feel comfortable doing so. I get told by my mum that I bottle things up, but a lot of the stuff is difficult to talk to her about because I'm scared at how she'll react.

Opening up to people cost me 4 very close friends who i planned on keeping in my life for a lifetime. So now, i dont really open up to anyone, out of fear of losing more friends. Unfortunately that's backfiring because i'm very sickly. Constantly not feeling well and feeling rundown. I had a breakdown at work and started crying. but i feel like..if i start opening up...people will see me as a burden. (that's what my ex-friends called me before cutting me out of their lives. They said I was a burden to have as a friend)

so nowadays I bottle things up.

People who call their "friends" burdens are people who are selfish and don't know the true meaning of friendship, which is supporting your friends whenever they need you, no matter what. Its sad to lose friends, but it only shows they weren't right for you and you can find more compatible friends who can support you and love you for who you are.

I view my friends as family. No matter how bad off i might be i'm always available if someone wants or needs to lean on me. I've never seen anyone as a burden and i have friends who are constantly depressed and suicidal.

i open up a little on this forum but not nearly like I used to when i first joined. I remember joining thinking i was going to make some really good and maybe lifelong friends...even if we never meet face to face..

I miss those days

I do too. i miss posting what i wanted and not worrying about what others said. I used to argue with Dead constantly abouthow divas are actually worth watching lol

oh i even got into it with CP once too.

good time lol

back then i opened up on the forum easily cause i felt at home. i felt i had a place here.

It's easy if I trust the person but I tend to keep things to myself and work out my own issues.

RIGHT TO CENSOR wrote:

It's easy if I trust the person but I tend to keep things to myself and work out my own issues.

Pretty much.

I keep my emotions bottle up because to me i always thought it was a sign of weakness. I used be an emotional person but where i grew up some people target those who are. It can go from talkin shit to gettin jumped in an instant. Besides that, i do tend to open up to people i can trust