I keep having a whole bunch of public conversations about topics I'm not entirely comfortable with, and I keep getting told how courageous I am to share so much with so many people. I don't want to underestimate the courage that it does take to speak on it at all, but LJ and DW are largely full of people who either I trust deeply, or who don't know enough about me to exploit the weaknesses that I'm sharing. As my online social circles grow and interconnect, I do lose some of that advantage. Most of my thoughts on this are nebulous. I've already won myself the ability to speak freely, and I really don't want to have to struggle through that process again.