Never Reveal Too Much About Yourself to Others
by Why it is important to keep private information about yourself private.
There are a few rules when it comes to dealing with other people: make it clear what your established boundaries are, and why you should never tell others, even friends and acquaintances, personal information about yourself. It can be difficult enough when family members who know you too well can take you down and use personal information against you to cause you harm and grief. It cannot even be said that it is easier to recover from such incidences from acquaintances and friends. In this case, it is easier to avoid these persons since one can choose friends. However, one cannot choose family members. Boundaries and not telling others personal information actually protects you from harm. Everyone has the right to protect himself or herself from emotional and mental harm caused by the misuse of personal information.
Sometimes people get caught up in wanting to spend too much time with friends and family in the name of solidarity, but “street corner time” doesn’t really benefit anyone. To ambitious persons, this sort of activity is seen as counterproductive. Having those secret ambitions, along with other private personal information like religion, politics, and what is commonly known as “bedroom life”, is best kept private until one travels the course of the ambition. Friends and family will probably ask you what you want to do with your life but if this is not approached with the proper caution, those ambitions can be squelched before you even know it. Unfortunately, some people think they are trying to “really get to know you” by extracting personal information that they really should not have any access to. If such information is indiscriminately given away to others, there is no telling what sort of damage can be done to you as a person when the information is used against you.
What is safe to discuss with friends and family? Non-sensitive interests such as hobbies and sports. Even traveling can be a common interest. It’s not necessary for another person to have to know everything about you. Private information is just that – private, and not something for the world to know about you.
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