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Secret Self

Elise
Elise
Nov 5 · 2 min read

Humans have a desire to be close, to have intimacy and being open is one of the ways to achieve that. But no matter how open you think someone is being, you’ll never truly know what they’re holding back and chances are they might not even know either.

There’s only a certain degree to which you can know a person. Yes, you can trust that they’re being honest with you and perhaps they are being completely honest and open about everything but…

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