I don't hide much. It's keeps it so know one ever has any surprising/embarrassing info about me to expose, ha. Also I'm not really good at hiding how I feel, my face is fairly expressive when I do not want to be, so I can't really hide what I'm feeling. I also like to not have to come back from hiding things, hiding is dishonest IMO, and I hate that trait in people. You'll never be happy if you're not honest with yourself, I would never be happy if I was generally a dishonest person. And being dishonest about yourself is one of the worst personality traits someone can have. It will constantly leave you feeling miserable in relationships because no one will ever really know YOU. And deep down I think everyone want to be loved for exactly who they are.

You ever been in a relationship where all you want is to share yourself in your entirety with your partner, but you're too scared of what their reaction might be if you actually open up and show them all of you? It's a shitty/scary place to be, especially if at some/many points you've tried to share yourself and gotten shut down or rejected for it.

Now try sharing that same information with a parent that hates what you are....not really a fun situation to be in.