The Parts We Don’t Show Anyone

Sometimes the most revealing truths are the ones we never say out loud.
Here’s one worth sitting with:
What do people tend to hide even from the ones who know them best, and why does it stay hidden?

Sometimes the people that know you the best are the worst people to tell your secrets to.

Sometimes the people that know you the best are the ones that hurt you the most, so hiding things put you at peace.

Sometimes the people that know you the best, hate your guts. It’s not worth sharing.

Sometimes it’s just fun to hide secrets, because you can.

Intimacy and privacy are cores of anyone’s being. Forever interesting or inquisitive for many.

I re read this twice. What do people tend to hide even from the ones who know them best, and why does it stay hidden?

Hmm good question. Things that cause fear of rejection. A natural reaction for most, if not all people.

Everyone has fears

Everyone has been burnt by someone by trusting them.

I have things that I will carry to the grave with me, because they are things no one needs to know.

No one, and I mean NO ONE is open about everything

There are just some things no one needs to know.

Interesting comments. In the end, it’s often about protecting oneself, from those who might judge or misuse what they know. What stays untold or hidden isn’t always a secret, and if it is, there’s usually a good reason behind someone’s choice to keep it that way.

I think sometimes is less about being willing to tell the person you trust most and more not being able to articulate it accurately.

Often I’ll tell things to my therapist that I want to tell my wife just to see if what my therapist thought I said was what I meant.

One challenge about the people we trust most, is they are also the person most emotionally, physically and financially invested. Trying to articulate something they don’t know about you while still being clear that you are still the person they knew before is hard.