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Afraid of being vulnerable
| its fine.
i too.
| Don’t be sorry to vent. This anonymous message board exist for us to talk.
| Ay. I feel you. I really do. I used to be the same way.
While it's not a romantic relationship, I do have a relationship that changed that for me though. I met my now best friend while I was at a very vulnerable part of my life. I was having to cut off "friends" who turned out to be bad people, and I was very scared of opening up in case it might happen again.
He treated me well though and is an amazing person, so I gave it a shot. It was the best decision of my life.
| So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that, well, it doesn't always end good. Opening up to people is very difficult and a bit of a gamble. But, if you continue meeting new people and stuff and if you don't give up on opening up, if you take the risk, well, it's all gonna be worth it once it finally ends well.
| That's ok. My plan for the rest of my life is to keep myself closed. I can be vulnerable to book/game characters instead, so it is safer AND more convenient.
| What is the difference in emotional experience between games and reality anyway? I don't believe that we can truly grasp what the world _really_ is anyway, so why bother?
Or maybe I am just fucked up. I don't care anymore.
| >>716997
Not fucked up. Just stuck in your own head, scared of the world and unwilling to change. Which isn't exactly healthy and can send you down a pretty bad spiral, but it's very understandable and very possible to overcome if you want to.
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| I've always thought I didn't want a relationship just because, well, I didn't want a relationship. But now I'm finding out that there's a deeper cause and it's exactly that. Opening up to someone and letting myself become vulnerable in front of them is, for some reason, a really scary prospect. Perhaps after a really unfortunate attemp at a relationship in the past, or perhaps it's something else.
I don't know why I'm writing this. To vent, I guess. Sorry for taking up your time.