alright, howdy, howdy, I guess for my first post, I'll answer the discussion


1)Would you consider yourself an open person or someone who's guarded?

I would actually consider myself more of a guarded person. I am a man of many secrets, unless you are one of the few lucky enough that I'm able to trust with my thoughts and emotions. There are maybe 6 or 7 people total, that I deeply trust, to varying degrees. There are only two that I fully trust, because they have seen me at my weakest, and most vulnerable, and they never, ever even thought to betray that. Also, I don't open myself to others, due to some stuff that's happened in my past that's really changed me, and made me who I am today. I'm quite content as well, to keep myself within myself, and only reveal certain things to certain people.

2)What do you think are the pros and cons to being either too open or too guarded?

Well, if one is too open, then one is inviting others in to take advantage of you, and that's how people get taken advantage of. Granted, that's not to say that being guarded is all that awesome either. When one is too guarded, it becomes that much more difficult to let others in, when one really needs help emotionally. The proper way should be a happy medium, but I highly doubt that said medium is attainable. To an extent people always lean to one side of the spectrum or the other.