I knew Someone who used to tell everyone how bad she was. At the first moment everypeople care of her till one day some of them started to be plenty sick. Then suddenly stopped to talk with her because they didn't want to be hearing hers issues when all of them have owns. She's still doing the same and she has lost a lot of friends in her way.
Years later I can't forget how bad she feels those days. So when my anxiety started to be so hard, I knew that no one cares how you feel.
In one hand you want to be honest, you need it, but in the other hand you have the people who don't care and the people who you don't want to be worried about it (mom, dad, hubby.... )
At the end of all of this I decided not to worry my family and some friends, I decided that there is a lot of people that I don't want to have their nose into my issues.
So I prefer to hide in my mask. If they don't know about me, they can't hurt me.
That is the reason why I find this group so important, because here I can really be honest.