Is it normal to be excessively honest with people as a defense mechanism?

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I make it seem as if I'm really open so that people won't ever be curious about the things I don't ever tell anyone. I tend to freely share my "embarrassing" and "weird" stories so I can save enough mental room to bottle up all the truly fucked up secrets about what I do/think/has happened to me. I assume most of my friends believe I have nothing left to hide.

Sometimes I wish I cared more about what people thought of me and I could have some of those secrets back. I mean, I've told people things I probably shouldn't have without any embarrassment and (usually) no remorse.
Oh well.

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  • Jessie735513
    13 years ago

    I so do this! I thought I was really abnormal, but apparently not, god it's so awkward isn't it? Like I desperately try thinking of something to say, so I end up blabbing something completely random, an then get weird looks.

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  • CountryRoads
    13 years ago

    I'm literally exactly like this. I tell people embarrassing things, and have a mental library of the things I consider to be truly secret. Weird.

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  • Ldizzy1234
    13 years ago

    Normal. Seriously, your story just spoke to me completely. I'm the exact same way. Sometime's I wonder if the people in my life realize that their's a lot of thing's that they really don't know about me. Thing's that I hold inside. I sometime's think that if ever they did find out some of the thing's that I hold inside, they would be shocked/surprised.

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