Are you afraid someone will found out it's you behind this username?

[KiaKaha]

Most people are screwed up in someway. I am just not very good at hiding it. I have always been amazed that after I get to know someone a little better that they have insecurities and weaknesses just like everybody else...especially when it looks like they have everything going great for them. I think the difference is, is that people have developed ways to cope, whereas..well..me..for example, just let fester and boil until problems become so big that it becomes ingrained into your psyche and changes who you are and how you see the world.

etc etc....

No I wouldn't care if someone I knew I visited the forum. I don't think they would care either...

 

[Kiwong]

A little bit. But I tend to speak my mind regardless.

 

[Aussie_Lad]

Most people already have an opinion about me, finding out that I am on here isn't really going to change much.

 

[takethislife]

i need this poll to just have a "no" answer.. because it could happen, sure, but i still wouldn't care, lol..

i figured any1 who would say no would find this question ridiculous so...

 

[Hellhound]

Yes, totally.

 

[takethislife]

There should be another answer - it does not worry me at all

yes you're right didn't think of that @ the time

 

[Sial Axetder]

I don't mind. 777

 

[gsmax5]

So I registered the other day and i'm scared to write anything that could relate me to... well, ME lol. in real life. No one knows about my (self diagnosed) SA so... I spent like i dunno how much time coming up with this username i thought some1 would 'recognise' me. I know that's stupid cuz not a single person i know wouldn't ever go to this site but still i can't shake it...

Yeah, same here--exactly. For example, if I failed my math test because I wrote down the wrong date, I would say something different yet equivalent, like my English teacher failed my paper for using a font she didn't like.

 

[fife_girl]

doesnt bother me iv got my pic up and met a good friend through this

i can completely understand why others would worry though...not a good feeling to worry

 

[Acegame]

Not realy, but im a little anxious about posting pictures. Dont know why. I guess i prefer not to be recognised over being recognised.

Did it ever happen to people here though?

 

[3lefts]

Ooh it's 50/50 now. I don't know why I think that's cool...
I'm on the yes half. I need the freedom of having things that people don't know about me, and on a site where so much is shared, I'd rather not anyone know who I am.

 

[anomicdeer]

Haha yeah i haven't thought about it that way

Yup.

Most likely

 

[crunch-yogurt]

Yeah im afraid that someone i know might find me on here, if it happened it would be a nightmare.

 

[punklove]

Well on this site I'm not scared of people knowing who I am since basically everyone here has SA ^^
But in real life if the people I used to go to school with and the people who used to make fun of me found out... yeah I'd have to move.

 

[lyricalliaisons]

Especially since I have my picture posted here, I know there is a possibility of someone finding out who I am, though the chance is minuscule.

 

[da_illest101]

a friend from work catch me here, because i had my real picture up, but he has sa too so it went super well

 

[Meowza]

I'm not really too bothered if anyone finds out who I am, if they can't accept me for who I am then they ain't worth knowing in the first place.

 

[Meowza]

Not realy, but im a little anxious about posting pictures. Dont know why. I guess i prefer not to be recognised over being recognised.

Did it ever happen to people here though?

I'm anxious about posting pictures but I had a Xanax and did anyways. May regret it in the morning lol

 

[tiscircle]

I have this belief that no one will care who am I or what I do so I guess I'm not afraid.

 

[Social-E-Aukward]

I figure there are something like 7 billion people in the world. This account could be almost anyone who lives in Virginia, USA. I could even give my city, county, town, closest highway, or neighborhood, and it wouldn't really narrow it down THAT much. Even if I did say my age, which I might have by now, I could have been lying. I could be a year older or ten years younger, or 35 years older. I COULD BE female, though I'm not, but how can you be sure?

I'm not too concerned about anyone figuring out who I am. The few people in the offline world who know me to even have a 1/1000 chance of guessing guess probably aren't using this site, and probably don't know anyone using the site either. I'd be willing to bet the nearest other user to me lives at least 50 miles away, though I could be mistaken...

Anyway, I doubt I could ever figure out who anyone else is here, so with that logic, it doesn't seem probable that anyone else could ever figure out who I am in real life either.

EDIT: ...that's a huge part of why I feel so comfortable posting here, and a big reason I like this site... I'm discreet, untouchable, invincible (so long as I don't say something really stupid or rude). I don't have to be afraid of people's judgment as much as I am in "real life". What's sad is that consciously, I realize that this is not quite so different from my real life interactions with people, and yet subconsciously, I am still extremely nervous in person on a regular basis.