For all of my life, I have always had difficulties opening up to people about my truest feelings. As I am slowly learning how to accomplish that feat, I am also recognising how freeing and productive that can be. That of course can firstly only be if you found the right person to open up to and secondly given that you are self-aware and also stable enough to deal with your problems. But as soon as you overcome those hurdles you’ll discover an area of social connection that at least to me was kept hidden from me for most of my life with the exception of brief episodes.
So to anyone reading this I want to give the following advise:
1. Be patient about finding the right person to open up to
2. Be true to yourself while discussing your problems
3. Don’t just ponder and discuss but also but your observations to good use so that you can progress as a person