tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21883778.post3137358196216893273..comments2024-03-09T05:19:25.071-05:00Comments on blah blah blog: Hold On, Hold Ondarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12523353095030819242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21883778.post-84990261257455655732007-10-05T10:10:00.000-04:002007-10-05T10:10:00.000-04:00I don't think it's that you're not built that way ...I don't think it's that you're not built that way because you do want to open up more. Perhaps if you start slowly with smaller things, it'll get easier. Or just pick a few people to open up to more, at least initially.DSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141553728048956859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21883778.post-91870354765640257182007-10-05T09:49:00.000-04:002007-10-05T09:49:00.000-04:00Joe: You're actually younger than me, but that's ...Joe: You're actually younger than me, but that's not the point. <BR/><BR/>My mother is one of those people who feels things constantly, and is always telling you how she feels. My dad is more stoic. I am way more like him -- I say what I think, but not what I feel. I live in my head. I've been like that since, well, birth. It's hardwired into my DNA.<BR/><BR/>And it explains why I wrote this the better part of a week ago, and couldn't pull the trigger on posting it until now, until the feeling had passed.darahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12523353095030819242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21883778.post-73394358136293987172007-10-05T07:59:00.000-04:002007-10-05T07:59:00.000-04:00"I'm just not built that way.The funny thing is th..."I'm just not built that way.<BR/><BR/>The funny thing is that I don't want to be this way -- I want to change, to be open and to tell others how I feel, even with the possibility of rejection. But at this point, my behavior is reflexive, a habit. Or maybe it's more than that: It's who I am."<BR/><BR/>IMHO, if you are convinced that you can't open up and change your behavior, it's a self-fulfilling prophesy.<BR/><BR/>I'm your age, and I've changed a lot over the past year and a half, and gotten out of a lot of ruts in which I'd previously thought I was stuck.Joe Grossberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355362807496413582noreply@blogger.com