Lesson 4: Open up.....

How many people just keep their problems and emotions to their selves? And how many of you that do, feel like you are about to explode into tears thinking that you will feel better afterwards? I bet almost all of you do....But I don't think that that is the problem. Maybe you just need to find someone you can trust, someone you can confide in and tell all of your secrets to or tell them how you really feel or your opinions about things. Someone that won't judge you, won't laugh at your ideas or at you in general. Finding someone like this will probably be hard for a lot of people. Especially for those who don't trust easily.
When people begin to open up, most of the time, they begin to feel a little better. To me, it feels so mush better when I'm able to just talk to someone. You don't feel like you're carrying a huge weight on your shoulders. You can relax a bit more.
I have maybe one person that I trust like this. One person that I could tell anything to and that knows just about everything about me. This person is a family member. Maybe that's where you might want to start. Someone inside your family is more familiar to you then anyone else so it should naturally be easier for you to talk to them. (Unless you have a bad surrounding or bad life at home) When you talk to someone inside your family, it should be someone you can trust with anything and that this person won't tell anyone else what you told them, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS.

If you're one of those people who someone else feels that they can talk to, don't blow that. It's not always easy for people to talk to others. It should be a privilege to you that someone actually feels that they trust you enough to they point where they tell you how they feel, whats wrong, their dreams, or their secrets. Even if you don't think so, it's true. A lot of people aren't very trusting when they get older, so this especially applies to young adults such as middle schoolers or high schoolers.
Who talks to you is important, and who you talk to is important. Treat others as if you care. More people will open up to you. And the more you treat others as if you care, they more they get comfortable with opening up and the better they'll feel.