The truth. As I've heard it can hurt, set you free, prevail over the lies in time, so on and so forth. While yes the truth is such things, it is something that is shied away from, or at the very extreme turned into an out right lie. Some feel they have a reason for this. I myself have trouble when talking to others about certain subjects. That subject usually involving some sort of distress or pain or negativity I'm feeling.
And while I can say with a straight face (or type with steady fingers in this case) that I do not lie with such conversation, I will say that I shy from the complete truth of the entire matter. Why is the question I suppose. If telling the truth and laying my soul bare with words it supposed to make someone feel so good, then why does one feel so bad that they feel they have to avoid the reality, or be vague?
A number of reasons I suppose. Personally, I think I do it so as not to hurt others with my own hurt. Because I know I can be so hard on myself and so negative that it can only hurt others trying to help me. It's a fine example of being The Donkey To Your Shrek in most cases.
People are social creatures and we easily fear losing a social structure. The truth has an immense power to do such things. Two things can make a person be completely honest.
1. Complete trust, faith, and acceptance from another person. Providing a sense of safety for things being told that may hurt.
2. Anonymity. For here I am on the Internet, a spec in the sea of digital faces. Sure...some people who read this will know me. But I'm still not face to face, I'm still anonymous.
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