How honest are you about your feelings with those closest to you?

[DQSundae]

I chose sometimes I share, sometimes I hold back. When the subject is of no consequence, I'm out there with my opinions, views, etc. But who I am, my deepest thoughts and feelings, those I never share.

Great question

 

[petite]

I'm mostly an open book, but still very protective of relationships. I don't just spew emotions without consideration. I think carefully about how I share my feelings, and evaluate how they will affect those people I love. Some feelings I may not share if I think that sharing them will only make me feel better and will only hurt the relationship. I try to be kind to the people I care about the most.

My first love went through a cruel phase where he acted as though I ought to be grateful for his total honesty, even if it hurt my feelings, because he considered his honesty to me to be a higher virtue than consideration for my feelings. It was complete BS and I never agreed with him regarding his superiority for doing something that hurt my feelings. When I said that I am completely open with my feelings, that isn't what I meant at all. If my feelings might be hurtful to someone I am close to, I am cautious about them and I attempt to be considerate of their feelings.

 

[Bbucko]

I choose people in my life on the basis of my being able to share my thoughts and feelings with as little filtering as possible. It hasn't always been that way, but these days I really can't be bothered with any undue concern as regards trying to compartmentalize who knows what when.

I voted "open book".

 

[B_Hickboy]

I am as open as the person allows me to be. I spend rather a lot of energy monitoring how much that is, in each person's case.

For me this is a side effect of the way I was nurtured. My parents were raised Lutheran and became 'beatniks' -- how much they did out of reaction to rule-breaking for its own sake left their children a bit at sea when it came to guessing when the larger culture found 'sharing' appropriate. Sauna culture nudity in the bath house is one thing, and being naked around the house the rest of the time is another.

And yes, I am using visual disclosure as an analogy for verbal or written disclosure.

Smart way of making your point.

 

[D_Bob_Crotchitch]

Hickboy is very open in sharing his feelings with his friends. He curses all of us.

 

[B_Hickboy]

Hickboy is very open in sharing his feelings with his friends. He curses all of us.

I feel like you should fuck off.

 

[deleted3782]

In theory, I'd have to sort out my feelings before I could share them. In theory...

 

[D_Bob_Crotchitch]

I feel like you should fuck off.

Not now dear. Your butt hasn't fully healed from last time.

 

[thadjock]

i'm a purist, i feel like anything less than "open book" is just game playing.

 

[mako shark]

I always have been but now I am starting to withold a bit more and that gets me in less trouble

 

[B_debonair87]

I trust no one and don't give out personal information to anyone not even those who I've known for years. I'm not exactly an open book. I had a crazy childhood and was forced to grow up fast and a lot of what happened to me caused me to put up walls around me. I rarely ever express my feelings. In the worse situations I'll put a smile on my face and act as if everything is all good. I'm in no way a social outcast or anything like that. I'm very social and have a great sense of humor and can make friends easily........I just don't get close to people.

"Trust no one, tell your secrets to nobody and no one will ever betray you."