Everyday, my biggest struggle tends to lean towards expressing empathy. Not possessing it - expressing it. I may feel genuinely bad, for example, about a death in your family. I will feel remorse for their death, I will try to express my support for you. But it will always sound rehearsed, fake, in my head. Because I have to formulate the words and expressions in my head everytime I even attempt an engagement, out of fear of screwing up. Most of my life has been such adventures.

However, I feel like I lucked out. In the age of the internet, with the lack of a face to feel confronted by and fearful of, I flourished with my words. I can write in such a way as to perfectly express myself on the inside. However, when it comes to an in person conversation? I feel like an actor to even broach the topics.

However, that's not indicative of every experience, just my own. Thanks for all of your experiences, now I must be off to use this throwaway one more time on another thread and send it off for good! :)