Emma Chamberlain

Sometimes it feels good to tell a stranger your deepest, darkest secrets.

And by the way, I don't always think that that's wrong.

Sometimes that's actually a safer option because those people don't know the people in your circle.

You know what I mean?

It's actually kind of like a vault of sorts.

But anyway, I understand this anxiety because not only am I a super open book, meaning that I will probably share more than the average person,

putting me in a more vulnerable position than the average person.

But on top of that, I'm also an incredibly anxious person.

I'm an overthinker.

I am a bit obsessive at times.

And so I'm sort of set up for failure here because those two qualities definitely clash, right?

Because oversharing, or not even oversharing, but being vulnerable puts you in a position where you're a little bit out of control.

And being anxious makes you crave control.

The problem is that you feel out of control.

So those traits of mine definitely clash.

So I really relate to this feeling.

But the first thing I want to say, which I already really said, is that unfortunately, this is sort of an inevitable part of friendship, right?

You are going to share vulnerable stories.

You are going to talk about things that you don't talk about with other people.

You are going to share sensitive information.