Who's that girl #13 - Shhh....

Shhhh....

Document something about yourself that you have not documented before and that ideally most people don't know about you or that only select people know about you.  I can something you just don't share with people at first, something only friends know, etc.

Aimee

Carla

Journaling reads:  most people I meet - I don't really trust - I don't show it but I don't let myself get too close to them or take what they say to heart...that way I am protected from the pain when I find out the lies and deceit.  I guess you could say that my glass when it comes to new people is always 1/2 full. 

Hidden journaling: growing up - a daughter of an active alcoholic, I learned to not trust.  There was always broken promises and pain.  I know that this is the reason why I am the way I am...it all goes with the unknown in the situation.  People I meet have to prove themselves to me, trust has to be earned.  I have the ability to walk away at the drop of anything bad and never look back so that I am protected and I can never be hurt like I have been so many times.

Keshet

Laura

Journaling reads:

Liam has been showing signs of an emotional disability since his preschool year.  He has been diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, and possibly bipolar disorder.  They are not him.  Liam is a sweet, polite, intelligent little boy who exhibits certain undesirable behaviors.  He can, at times, be aggressive, defiant, inflexible in his thinking, lacking in attention, hyperactive, explosive, and hyper-attentive.  I am not ashamed of him.  He has a disability, and the more people I talk to, the more answers I get.  The more someone else may be helped by our story.  Why am I holding this as such a secret?  Thankfully, Liam has been doing tremendously better through therapy and medication.  I know that this will be a struggle for Liam and us for many years.  I hope that somewhere along the line I can open up and keep this a secret no longer.

Mara

Journaling reads:

In sickness or in health. I didn't mean it. Not really. You had some health problems but it wasn't this bad. More new ailments, all of them somehow manage to make the others worse. A giant snowball effect that results in an avalanche of symptoms that makes day to day life difficult. For BOTH of us. To be hones Im not 100% sure I would have done it if I had known what it would be like. More like 90% sure. But on your BAD days?? ? I question why. Why did you have to get so sick? Why do I stay? Though it makes me feel like an asshole to even say that. So there it is. My secret. And a pretty dirty one at that.

Mel

Shanon