I've heard this said time and time again.  Perhaps you've said it.  I've felt this way myself.  That no one knows who I "really" am.  No one can completely know you.  They can only see who we allow them to see. 

But

I've got to thinking

What if someone could see inside you?  What if someone could climb inside your skin and live your every single one of your memories?  Not become you, but just experience you as completely as you have.  A sort of Vulcan Mind Meld to the nth degree.  If this could occur do you think that people would love you more or less?  Why?  And what do you think they would discover about you that they don't already know?  Would you want anyone to merge this way with you?

The holidays are upon us.  Time for the world to spin faster and the craziness to close in and to choke away the happiness.  Time for the secure people to get depressed and the depressed people to get suicidal.

Take a breath. 

Listen.