This is highly relatable. I Googled something one time and saw one of my posts among the first handful of hits. Kind of freaked me out. Other than that, I get wiggy every so often, but not a ton. Your thread got me to thinking how utterly remote a chance of being recognized would be.

Ugh on FB and all that too. Sooo not me. I've got major privacy issues too. (And am even (personally) "un-googlable"(!) Didn't go to the zillionth hit, but, yeah.)

When it comes to the forums, I'm glad people can open up, it's very helpful to know we're not alone in the struggles we have, especially in the aspects that are further removed from a "normal's" experience, because most of us are very isolated on that IRL. Living with this is hard enough as it is, and isolation only compounds it.

So yes, even if I was more 'out there', I think the payoff is far greater than the risk. :-)