I've never been good at introductions

So I'll just say that this blog is an experiment in honesty. I believe that silence about abuse, mental health issues, non-binary gender, orientation, poverty, privilege and every other aspect of life in America that isn't "normal" or easy to talk about is damaging to everyone, but especially to those who are fighting to live with the effects of those things in their lives. People like me. So many times I've opened my mouth, only to find that I don't know how to say all of what is in me to say. I've learned to censor myself, to lie, hide, deny everything that would be difficult for others to hear and in doing so, I've made it almost impossible to ask for help, to tell my girlfriend what's going on in my head. I hope that learning to speak in small, blogged steps, will let me be frank with the person who means the most to me so that we can walk together where I now walk alone.