I hear you. It really is a risk for us who write personal essays. But for some reason, I no longer have that fear. It's like I don't care anymore

I enjoy being open and intimate in my work. And for some reason, if someone from my personal life, someone whose relationship with me doesn't have the same level of intimacy i bring to my work, if such a person comes across my work and they for some reason feel uncomfortable, that's between them and their spiritual journal. It's between them and their creator.

If they want to talk about it with me, well and good. But if we are not close friends, I am not suddenly going to open up about the most intimate details of my life with you, just because you read about them.

Although, if they comment on the story, that's a whole other level of intimacy altogether. I could open up there. I don't know why I feel like this. Hahaha.

Medium has spoilt me.