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 |  A support forum for writers dealing with mental illness |
One of my highest personal values is being real—being authentic—being honest. Something I never realized until participating in MHWA is that I am NOT open or honest about my mental health stuff. It is too scary for me. I believe, in part, this is because, in the olden days, this was not a subject we talked about. We did not want anyone to know too much about our mental health issues or even about a history of mental health problems in our families. It both amazes and frightens me to see the younger folks being so very honest. Like a turtle, I stuck my head out a bit for the first challenge over on "Invalid Item"  but quickly changed my mind and made most of my entries PRIVATE.I can not even imagine being willing to let folks know my complete mental health history—much less posting it online for the world to see. I know that we can set access restrictions on Writing.Com but I also know that glitches happen and private stuff could be exposed or someone with access could copy and paste our words. Can y'all tell I am a BIG chicken? Interesting—I am a turtle, a chicken and an odd duck all at the same time... I might even be a silly goose, what do ya think? ruwth may be an odd duck but ~ ~ ~ JESUS is still LORD! ~ ~ ~ |
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