I do this by default when trying to establish relationships with people and my track record is not good.
Though believe it or not, sometimes it does not turn people away!
I do this by default when trying to establish relationships with people and my track record is not good.
Though believe it or not, sometimes it does not turn people away!
I'm pretty sure it is. At least it is for me. I don't know how to talk about stuff at an appropriate level sometimes (autism and ADHD don't help LMAO) and so I've got a problem of too much or too little sharing.
I've had somebody reach out and think they were helping me by giving me a chance to open up, but when I did, they got really uncomfortable and then I felt like I was trauma dumping.
It's like a faucet sometimes. Sometimes nothing comes out. Sometimes everything. But I'm very judicious about it these days so I'm just set to 'locked in.'