Uncomfortable Situations

Johnny-Jack wrote:You and Paige probably need to know really well what's going on first before you share it all. You kind of have to know how you're going to explain it before you share it. I know I would have made a mess of things trying to explain everything back in April. In fact I did try to describe what was happening relatively soon after that and stumbled over an explanation because I couldn't even explain it yet to myself. You don't want to be caught in that situation. I would say if Paige tends to take a supportive role (as in a primary role for her is to support the host in their endeavors, like Jonathan tends to do for me), and she is okay with the girlfriend and the relationship being there, you can afford to wait a bit. But not too long obviously as divided says.

I think it's fair and at least somewhat honest to mention something basic like "I dissociate," or "some bad things happened to me in childhood." Whatever's true. You don't have to disclose everything all at once, but you don't want to get into a situation where you're being dishonest, of course.