As time continues to pass by, change is bound to happen. Situations, people, perspectives, attitudes, and independence changes. Life is like an ecosystem with the constant changes, we have to adapt and learn to grow to make the most of every situation in order for us to thrive. Of course there are things I've told some people that I haven't told others and that's just because what I tell people depends on my relationship, trust, and how comfortable I feel with telling them certain things. There's a lot things I wish I could tell some people but I just don't feel inclined to share with them. If this comes off sounding like a rant, sorry.

I don't want this to be some depressing, "oh my gosh I didn't know, why didn't you tell me", drama-filled, overreaction to what I'm about to tell you. Keep in open mind, a closed mouth, and don't talk to me about it. It's easier for me to write things than it is to express them vocally.

First of all, you may or may not know this but I do in fact have anxiety and depression. Before you go, "You better be getting help." or "I'm so sorry." don't. I don't need any pitty or criticism. I do go to the counselling services on my campus whenever I need to and it does help.

I do put a lot of pressure on myself over school things and I don't need any from you. I feel pressured to do well even though you may not see that, I really do. I am involved in school things, like Pep Band and Intramural soccer, to keep my mind off of the academic pressures.

If you criticize me for how I feel about some one, my friends, my political stance, or my views on anything, I respect your input and I move on. You keep criticizing me, I'll cut you out of my life. I don't need drama and negativity in my life.

Finally, I do know what I'm doing. You may believe I don't know much about relationships, life, or anything else you can think of however, that's where you are wrong. See, people have these snap judgements and stick to them because they believe them to be true but, as a matter of fact, they are terribly wrong. It's pretty fun to prove someone wrong and leave them flabbergasted.

So no matter how you feel about some one, or how much or little you know about some one, judging and criticizing is not the way to have a healthy relationship. Let people make mistakes, let them learn, let them be.

We all don't really show our true selves, who we really are. We fear people will see who we really are and won't like us for who we are. We pick and choose thing we expose to people about ourselves and we act. We are all like actors and actresses; we choose a character and build up qualities and personalities of ourselves in different situations and around different people. We are actors in the movie we call life. If we showed everyone the darkness we have in ourselves, things would be a lot different.

"It's like, everything really is two ways: the way we all pretend it is and the way it really is." -Dexter Morgan