Oh, I love this - identify with this - and feel for you - and with you!
Thi:
When I share my mental landscape, I'm being honest even though it makes me vulnerable. Don't for a second think it isn't frightening to me each time I hit "publish." What keeps me sharing is the incredible number of people who show up and say "me too."

Only minute ago, I wondered why I bother speaking. Why tell anyone what I think and open myself up to the criticism or disapproval that so often follows? Some days, nothing I say seems "safe" - except silence.