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davsand

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4. Online communication is freeing in so many ways.
Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:01 PM
Jun 2012

You mention we still give each other hugs, but I have to admit that I am somehow more open and more willing to be vulnerable when I'm here online. I am able to come into this place and talk about a lot of life experiences and feelings that I've not been open about in much of my face to face life.

I think, in part, the virtual world provides a form of safe haven and an ability to explore subjects that maybe would be almost TOO intense in most social settings. I think that being here allows us to work past our fears and get to real a lot faster.



Laura

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Posting and communicating online. [View all] kimmerspixelated Jun 2012 OP
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Online communication is freeing in so many ways. davsand Jun 2012 #4
Yes- felix_numinous Jun 2012 #6
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Thank you, Tim Berners-Lee!!! southerncrone Jun 2012 #5
Wow, kimmerspixelated Jun 2012 #8
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