I've learned a lot about myself over these last number of years, and how we tick as human beings; the things which hold us back (the invisible 'brakes') and the issues so many of us are struggling with. One of the things I've learned is the fact that most of us are hiding, if not completely, we're hiding at least part of ourselves.  And it's one of the main causes of the mental health struggles we go through.  It begins as a trauma whilst we're still young, either a small 't' or capital 'T' trauma, but it's traumatic for us anyway.  And so, in order to help protect ourselves from experiencing it again, we hide part of ourselves in the belief that if others can't see that part of us (the real us) then we won't experience the rejection again.  But the problem with hiding in the 'fortress' we've made, is that the fortress turns into a prison if we decide to stay there.  And then we maintain that habit through the rest of ...