When I was young, a lot of bad people did a lot of bad things to me. I have carried them with me, as secrets, my whole life. I have been filled with shame. Letting those dark secrets out into the light is healing in a way that I can't really describe.

I've always lived a double life in that way, fearing my partner would discover "the truth" about me and leave me. But letting these things out into the light and re-opening the wounds has allowed my partner and I to grow and heal together. It allows him into the secret world that kept me from fully committing to and being vulnerable with him. We have no secrets between us anymore and it's enabled us to reach deeper levels of love and trust.