tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010473.post-87314066224333818842008-05-06T23:38:00.000-07:002008-05-07T01:10:57.227-07:00From time to time I find myself thinking about what I would write about in this space if this blog was totally anonymous.<br /><br />I mean, yesterday I wrote a post that contained 40 tidbits of information about me. More than 40 if you're good at reading between the lines. But none of those things are actually what I was thinking about most of all. Truth is, I spent 99% of yesterday thinking about one particular thing and it sure as heck had, shocker of all shockers, <span style="font-style: italic;">nothing </span>to do with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Depeche</span> Mode!<br /><br />The question that lingers is would I have told you what I was really thinking about if this blog was anonymous?<br /><br />Secrets are a sticky area for me because I know what the burden of keeping rather unhealthy ones feels like. We all have our secrets, the thoughts that are closest to our hearts, and how much to share is a really fine line. What to reveal, what to conceal?<br /><br />I guess it depends on how we grew up, what we're culturally comfortable with, and what the repercussions of saying certain things are. And if this blog was anonymous, I could say, "Today I'm thinking about _____," or, "Today _____ happened and I felt _____ about it," and no one I know who reads this would have hurt feelings or would be shocked or calling me up saying <span style="font-style: italic;">anything</span>. <br /><br />Because I <span style="font-style: italic;">don't</span> do that I often feel like I'm keeping secrets from you all, being less than honest. But do you even have, as a reader of this space, the right to know? That was clearly a rhetorical question since clearly, you don't, but you know what I mean.<br /><br />On the other hand, no, there is no need to put everything out on front street. Everything doesn't have to be reality TV where sometimes I'm thinking, you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">could've</span> kept that to yourself and I'd seriously be just fine.<br /><br />This must be part of the reason folks go to therapy. I can see the appeal of paying money to have an objective listener, someone to tell all the things I'm <span style="font-style: italic;">really </span>thinking about. Or, if this blog was anonymous, I could just put it all out there. Then instead of the therapist surreptitiously writing it down on their nice, yellow legal pad, you, the reader could be the one to comment, "Um, you're crazy!"<br /><br />What about you? Where do you draw the line on what to share on your blog? (or in life if you're one of the five people in the world who don't have a blog yet) Have you ever regretted sharing a secret or secret thought on your blog?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8010473-8731406622433381884?l=www.losangelista.com'/></div>Los Angelistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794296990587989214los.angelista@gmail.com22