You have to put it on the line at some point in time.
Thati s put yourself out there, be positive, upbeat, and sometimes completly silly. Always be yourself. Then if you are yourself others see that and for some odd reason people respond to that.
Not always in a good way but if I can't take the bad with the good then it isn't that much fun anymore.
Sometime the bad that comes with can make the good all that much better when it comes around.
I think that it is the things that I let overwelm me and take control of me instead of me controling those things.
Having good friends that also accept the bad with the good
is very important to me.
I have put myself out there a lot more than I have in the past and have to my suprise found that people generally like me despite my faults
and the feeling I get from that way out weighs the sometimes
overwelming feelings of hate, disgust, and anger I feel toward
myself.
So when I feel those things I think of my friends that like me and text me all the time and it makes me feel if nothing else wanted and cared about.
By putting it on the line so to speak I have gained more than I ever expected and am happy for it. LOL