I don’t think so. The whole point of coming here, for me, was to try to be completely honest with myself. If people don’t like what I’ve done, then I want to hear about it. I try to offer explanations, but not excuses. I want to be the whole me, not the me I imagine is socially acceptable. I don’t want to have secrets other than those I need to protect my anonymity.
I write and I leave it as it comes out. I don’t edit. I just make myself, as best I can, say the things that are on the top of my mind—to say it how I see it. It’s almost as if what people say about me—in a positive way—doesn’t matter. I am comfortable with criticism, because it fits my sense of inadequacy. But when I get a lurve or even a thank you, it’s much harder for me, because it doesn’t fit the me I thought I knew.
It’s what I always wanted, though—to be appreciated because something I said helped someone else. But I am not sure what people will find useful and what they will think is crap. So I just put it out there, even though I know I annoy people with too much writing. I’m sure others find me self-indulgent.
The nice thing is that people don’t have to read what I write. They can skim right on by. And I still got the pleasure of thinking through the question.
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And the other thing is that it becomes a record of my mental state. I can look back later, and see whether I was coherent or if my thoughts were all over the place. I can look at the topics and see what was concerning me at the time. It’s sort of forensic evidence of my thoughts.