I’ve told about 50 people my story. I got mixed results mostly good though, but I find that secrets are like a cancer, inside me they eat me alive on the outside they can’t do that. As I tell my story I get more comfortable with it and the secrets hold less and less power over me. I started with my therapist then my wife then my various groups and now some people on this site. I do agree with Nelleus57 writing it all out was very helpful for me even before I told anyone. I just wrote everything that happened to me regardless of how insignificant it seemed. It took about 2 months and it was very hard, some days I wrote pages some times I wrote a sentence but slowly I got it all out. I kind of pictured it like my insides were covered in gunk and with each line I wrote I took one more handful out.

Good thread