Open? Or Not?

i was just wondering....are any of you really open about stuff and talk a lot, or do you like to keep stuff in and dont talk as much? and how do you feel about it? lately ive been feeling really awful regarding this and i was just looking for others opinions...

I don't tell anyone anything. I think it's pretty bad idea but thats how I was brought up I guess.

I never used to say anything but lately ive started opening up, and it helps! ( not to just anyone - just one person)

I open up to a point but not about everything.

I used to be very open about my feelings, but for the past year or so I have been really closed off. Honestly, I wish I could find someone that I trust enough to be honest with because it kills to keep everything bottled up.

I use to keep everything inside. I didn't like to talk to anyone because I was always the one that everyone came too. So I would show them that I was strong, and willing to help, and covered up what was really going on with me.

That's not why I started cutting though. It wasn't because I just let everything build up inside of me.

But after I started getting help, I opened up a little more because my docs all told me that I needed to stop being so stressed. So they wanted me to pick a couple of friends that were really close to me, the ones that I told about my cutting, and talk to them about everything.

It helped....for awhile...I just resently started to keep things in again. I need to be strong for my family b/c we're all going through a hard time right now. I don't want to be a berdin(sp) on anyone either. All of my friends are getting ready to go off to college, or have college stuff that they need to worry about, and they have their own lives.....

.... why bother?

hmm interesting.. I recently realized that I talk a lot, but never really say what I'm feeling... and whenever I open up I get hurt.. so I guess I just quit opening up to people...
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satinrisse, same way with me. i always tended to help other people because i had good advice, so whenever they needed it, i was there for them, but none of them ever asked what was going on with me, but i was too afraid to tell them anyway because they might get scared or worried or treat me completely differently and stay away. so i always just kept things bottled up inside...

I used to a while ago and I don't even know why I opened up to this person. But no, I am the person who keeps everything inside. I don't like troubling people with my problems and I know sometimes they don't even care, so why bother? Plus I'm the type of person who likes helping others so yeah. I also keep things bottled inside.

I'm open around friends, I dont care what i say around them, i can be as gooffy as i wish. But when it comes to emotions i have etc, i dont really open up..

I'll tell you now, BE CAREFUL! You will experience more pain, then the pain you will feel if you open up completly to someone and they walk away. It hurts like hell. Be careful! but other wise, if you make the right choice and pick the right person, you will be ALOT better off than keeping things to yourself.

yeah thats what ive been worrying about a lot. i feel like i just cant take keeping it in anymore, but the pain of choosing the wrong person might hurt even more. i really need a person like that right now, but they just dont seem to be there yet...

I don't really tell people much. It might be a better idea to tell people but I don't. I get my feelings out through my poetry... otherwise everything will just be bottled up inside. I do have those few people that I may occassionally spill my heart out to, but that's very rare.

i open up to one person and he is on this site as Super Boi and he is the only one who i think understands me and i love the way he actully reads my poems and then asks me why and begs me not to go through with w/e the poem is about if its about suicide or cutting and such

yeah, most of the people i know never really understand it and im too afraid to open up to them. i was thinking of really opening up to a friend i had who felt similar, and i sort of did, but then she got over it and its like she thinks i got over it too just because she got over it. im just afraid that will happen if i open up to anyone who has similar problems, that they will get over it, but i wont.

i usually talk to one person about the sht in my life. but she dont rly care. thts y i rite poetry

omg u no wot i jst thort? we are all in this 2gether, we have different problems, we r all unhappy, we can help eachother.....cant we?

:)
xxxxx

thats true. its better because if one of us gets over it or something, there's a lot of other people who still do, so we can all just help eachother. i guess thats why a lot of the people on this site turn to this forum, it all works out i guess.

:D exactly. tho how can we all help eachother?!? i wanna be able to help, but there are SO MANY of us! xxx

yeah i know, i guess it works when we just post topics, but there are also a lot of people who dont posty here. but i guess we can help most through the topics on the forum.

yeah thts true. everyone listen up! help eachother! DONT judge, dont be hurtful, just help, we r all in this 2gether.

yeah!!!

thanx elf girl! :D:D u rock! xxx

you too! yay! i hope other people agree with us too.

i used to be open about a lot of stuff.....but lately my friends have been treatling me oddly, avoiding me, or being asses....and its making me hurt even more....but it also hurts to keep things inside...so i really don't know, im sorry =(

i tried opening up but just kept getting hurt so now i dont say nothing to no one