I wouldn't tell anyone in real life about my weaknesses as I do here because I want to keep an image (I find it hard to post here, too, because I want to keep this image that I'm not weak and not a failure even in the eyes of anonymous strangers, but I let it go because I'm already known to be weak and a failure). If I did, I would lose my image and probably their respect to me. Like it or not, people deal with your image in their heads, not with the real you. We all hide the negative side and put a mask. In that sense no one is actually completely authentic and genuine.