Self-Defense Protocols Initiated

I can't do it anymore.

I can't express my feelings, in _my_ Livejournal, and then get bashed for it.

I can't open my heart, my mind, my soul up to people who don't know me, and have them engage in unnecessary surgery upon them.

I can't deal with stress at work, stress at home, stress with people I care about, and then get more stress from people who are so incredibly callous as to condemn my attempts to understand people as me being a drama queen crying out for attention.

I can't deal with people who don't even know me not only assuming they do, but making judgments based upon their fallacious assumptions.

I can't deal with people who would rather claim to know, than ask and be proved wrong.

I can't deal with people who claim they want to know me but so, so clearly are not prepared for what knowing me entails.

I can't deal with people I'm willing to open myself up to, but who, when I need even the most basic level of support from them, choose not to offer it.

I CAN do what I feel I must do to protect myself.  I CAN support those who want my support, and who offer theirs in turn.  I CAN become what it seems people want me to be-  less open, less trusting, less willing to express my feelings, less expressive of my feelings.

I CAN change.

Changes have, and will continue to occur.

This will not be spoken of here.  Comments regarding this post will not be acknowledged.  The time for discussion is past, and those channels remain open. 

If you wish to speak with me, you will find a way.