~ Just as there are two sides to every story, there are two sides to every person; one that they choose to show to the world and one that they choose to hide.

I believe it is natural to keep secrets as everybody does to some extent. I, myself, happen to be more secretive than most.

I only share on this site because of anonymity. The way I see it is, I will most likely never meet anybody on this site in person so if somebody judges me I will be no more hurt by it than by the 12 year old internet troll who makes bad your mom jokes. Even then though, I don't share some things about myself here.

As far as everywhere else, I don't trust anybody with everything and I have maybe 5 people that I've opened up to. I suspect hidden motives in everybody no matter how nice they appear to be and I live a very secretive life. I'm single and haven't been in a relationship for more than 3 months because of trust issues. I see trust as a weakness and I believe that opening up to somebody fully is like asking to be hurt.

I won't keep a physical journal for the same reason, but I run a digital one in an encrypted file container protected by 256 bit military grade encryption with a 64 character master password that would take today's super computers millions of years to crack and I keep a piece of code attached to my journal that would force it to self destruct upon being copied to another computer which could tell you how fanatical I am about my secrets.

I'm often compared to an assassin or spy because of the extreme measures that I take to protect my inner life and my mindset in general.

In short, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having secrets although it can lead to a lonely life if one can't find a balance somewhere.