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
