• diabolicdame said on Jan 19, 2009....

  I'm just me.. I figure it takes too much energy to be something I'm not!! I'm here to share myself.. the reason I first signed on was because I was just so inspired by a particular post I read!! Having been here for a while though one of the reasons that keeps me here is definitely the friends I've made and continue to make! This is a wonderful place!

• starchini said on Jan 19, 2009....

  Let me just say, no one on the planet knows me as well as my readers do...i definitly take advantage of the anonymity and really do bare my soul..

• cuppajava said on Jan 19, 2009....

  Hi Dbabe - I totally agree with you
  Hi Star' - I know you do...
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 19, 2009....

  There are precious few details of my life that I have not shared here.  Those precious few are likely to never see the light of day anywhere, so I guess I'm as much "me" here as I am in real life.  If I ever thought those details would help someone else, I'd totally bare them to this group.

• Grimm said on Jan 19, 2009....

  I like this site... I'm new, joined yesterday, and am pleasantly suprised to find a blog site with many intelligent, articulate people. Who can SPELL!!! :)
  I suspect that most of you are older than me, but I need that... I really do. I don't have any guidance in my life aside from God, which is enough, but it is refreshing to find other sentient life forms here. LOL

• fragglesrock said on Jan 19, 2009....

  everyone here knows that i'm shy and don't like to share ;)

• woman said on Jan 19, 2009....

  I come here as myself. Anywhere I go, I am myself. If I hold back, it is on details of my family. They didn't ask to be here so I try and stay a little vague about others. I appreciate the sharing that goes on here. It's a wonderful place. woman

• Vida said on Jan 19, 2009....

  My blog is new but it is a true one.  I guess it's what you make it.

• scipio said on Jan 20, 2009....

  It is the anonymity that helps the fellow SCasters to bare all on this site.
  If the mask ......drops then blogs and comments will be more guarded and will be less spicy.
  The message is more important than the postman.

• bluegum said on Jan 20, 2009....

  soulcast to me is a delightfull group of travelers who come together when you feel the need to say g'day or to see if someone is  ok and sometimes  we just have a bit of a laugh ,its hard to share some of the lows of my life because im just that way.blue.

• yani said on Jan 20, 2009....

  I am here to be me. I am more me here than in most places hehehe I guess the anonymity helps. You know about "easier to speak freely with strangers", although it really doesn't feel like people here are strangers, considering the amount of things I share here.

   

  I am here to cast my soul and all the garbage that comes with it. I am free to be me here without having to fear that I be judged or labeled.

• yani said on Jan 20, 2009....

  I am here to be me. I am more me here than in most places hehehe I guess the anonymity helps. You know about "easier to speak freely with strangers", although it really doesn't feel like people here are strangers, considering the amount of things I share here.

   

  I am here to cast my soul and all the garbage that comes with it. I am free to be me here without having to fear that I be judged or labeled.

• Hegemone said on Jan 20, 2009....

  Well, I think I've explained before that I intially came here to have a place that I could share things with other people, whether they be my feelings about something, excitement about something else, stories I've written, projects I completed succesfully ... but the main theme was that I could finally share these things, whereas at home, I either can't, or the excitement and magic of whatever will be stolen away by those I live with.  So yeah, I'm pretty much here, where I can let it all hang out and I don't have to feel afraid of somebody turning it back on me, one upping me, making me feel stupid for writing/saying/doing this or that.  I muffle myself SO much in reality for various reasons.  Here, I don't have to and it's quite nice because even though sometimes I might sound like all I do is rant and nag, there are others out there who point that out, give me advice on how to deal, sympathize, or have various other viewpoints.  It makes me feel like I can breath.

• MissMimi said on Jan 20, 2009....

  One of the things I've noticed about being here is that when I was new here and almost nobody knew who I was, I wrote about things that were very personal.  As I've made more friends here, I've felt less anonymous and I don't share as much about me as I once did.  I know this stems from my fear that if I shared my deepest feelings of who I am, the truth about what kind of person I really am would come out.

• CreativeWoman said on Jan 20, 2009....

  Writing here is a release for me.  In the beginning I really bared my soul.  Then I went through a period where I held back a little.  Now, I'm feeling the need to work through some feelings again.  So, I've been writing about it some.  It helps me.  I've always been completely honest no matter what I've written.  I've been here nearly three years.  Time flies.
  
  CW
  

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 20, 2009....

  
  Great post, CJ!
  
  When I joined here almost 3 years ago, my main goal was just to write freely without worries about grammar, format.. a sense of release from all conventions... there were many other reason but that was the main one...
  
  What I did not count on was the connection I made with people, and what they awakened in me - memories, hopes and so many more...they were laid dormant... I could say, SC came to me at the right moment, when I did not even realise I needed SC ..
  .
  Now, I come here to share my life - my highs and my lows...in the hopes that I can give back what I have received... random act of kindness from "strangers" and friendship to those who would accept it...
  
  My fervent wish is....that we celebrate the memories of the bloggers who have come to grace the pages of SC, who have touched our lives, and made a difference in our lives, and not mourn their abscence!
  
  It is such a pity that we hold on to the past when there is a present and a future...why not look around and welcome others who are here...try to connect to the people that are here now....
  
  Thanks for the post, CJ! I am mighty glad you stayed...
  
  :)
  
  joanna
  
  
  
  
  

• yani said on Jan 20, 2009....

  Cuppa I'm sorry, I don't know why my comment is posted 2 times :(

  hellow Paper! If I remember right, you were from the philippines? 

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Jan 20, 2009....

  
  hullo yani :)
  
  mabuhay,kabayan!
  
  <3
  
  papel
  
  
  

• wombat said on Jan 20, 2009....

  When I first found SC I thought I had found a place where I could sort of "be someone else."  It didn't take long before I realized I was just being totally myself.  One thing I pride myself on here is my honesty, but on the other hand, sometimes it bothers me that I have done that---put my real self out there for two years!  I certainly don't regret meeting so many wonderful people, though!

  (and lately I've not been around because I don't have much of anything to say as my life is at a boring standstill--but I imagine that as things change, I will be back to my old mouthy self!)

• SlickNick said on Jan 20, 2009....

  I really enjoy the people here and that is what keeps me coming back whether it is to post or read others posts. There are a lot of really great people here and I've made a lot of friends. I think I can be more myself here than I can in real life. Sometimes it's harder to open up to people in real life because of various issues. But here, the often inspiring comments I've gotten on some of my posts are reason enough for me to want to come back to this site well into the future. 

• PieterOpie said on Jan 20, 2009....

  Is it necessary to actually have a soul in order to bare it to all here.... totally open, exposed for all to see?   What if you are a soulless body with no spirit what-so-ever?   Would a guilty conscience be good enough?  How about a good sense of direction?   A keen eye for detail?  Speech impediment?
  
  Could someone define soul for me?  Is it like an astral set of underwear or something? 
  

• hotaka said on Jan 21, 2009....

  I started out with caution and gradually grew braver. When my life hit calamity I wrote about it but i tried to make it sound like something good was happening. It ended up making things worse. Not because of the SC crowd but because my blog was discovered. It has come back to haunt me again and again.
  
  Now I don't write much that is personal. I don't write about my deep feelings. I just saw what's been going on without digging deep. I can't afford to do that anymore.
  
  But I like the people. There is still a person or two I can PM when things get really tough. For that I am glad to be here still.
  

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