(November 8, 2014 at 1:40 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: Part of that whole brute force thing. I really have to make a conscious effort to force myself not to be a closed book. Always boggled my mind, how I can be so extroverted and enjoy being the center of attention, but have this innate desire to be private and have a lot of alone time. Sort of a Jekyll and Hyde thing. I do hope I can overcome it, but I've been this way as long as I can remember and it doesn't seem to be getting better, even with therapy. But Jaysus having a woman in my life that knows me and gets me and has the patience of Job helps a lot.
I totally get that, I'm similar in that I'll get up on stage and sing the most personal things in songs, but individually I'm pretty uncomfortable with opening up unless I really trust someone ... and lordy knows I've chosen the wrong ones to trust often enough.
It's gotten easier for me over the years to be open, especially with the people I love and trust, but with acquaintances and strangers I'm better off behind a microphone holding a guitar.
