Don’t delete your stories. They are wonderful. They are not something to hide, and you write very well.
And you shouldn’t hide – there is nothing about you that should fear your standing up and shouting here I am.
Judgment, classification, labeling, etc – you’ll get none of that from me. My older daughter, Amy, claims I am the most non-judgmental person she has ever met.
I’m attaching #11 which speaks a bit to how people view you, but please remember these are things I wrote last year during a period of change and exploration of my “scars.” In some sense it no longer applies, but the concern is not totally gone.
