I went to Vegas with some friends last weekend and, prior to going, my therapist told me to try being more honest about myself. To not "use the mask," as it were. So I did, and I think I did okay. I didn't try to hide any aspect of myself or feign emotional responses. But we didn't exactly have profound heart-to-heart moments while messing around in Vegas, so I'm not sure what they saw of me.

A few things did come up, though. There were a few of those half-joke comments made about me. One was about my lack of reaction to the Sky Jump at the Stratosphere. The other was to a hyper-logical comment that I made about etiquette. It was only little stuff, and I didn't think much of it at the time. In retrospect, however, maybe there was something more to it. One of the friends, the one who's most open with me, kept going on about being anxious on the walk over to the Stratosphere, and then she flat-out asked me if I was at all anxious.

Should I broach the subject? And if so, how? Or should I wait for them to ask about it?

I tried poking back at them about why they were so anxious, but they just joked about it, and I think they thought I was joking as well.

More importantly, is this what being honest is? Am I doing the thing? Is this how you do the thing?