How much privacy do you need? How private are you?

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I have other things going on that led me to accidentally become a chronic over-sharer, but I'm working on it and realized how much I hate it. I like a lot of privacy; I feel uncomfortable with people looking through anything of mine, even when I've nothing to hide.

I lived for a while in a place where I didn't have a real room, just the living room with a room divider and it was an absolute nightmare. I had a terrible time sleeping whenever I thought that one of my roommates might see me asleep, I would wear headphones to watch movies and television or listen to music on my computer, etc.

Now I'm back in a place with a proper bedroom and a door and it's so, so much better. I spend any free time I have in my room, by myself. I really can't get by without that.

It's funny because I have no curtains on a couple of windows yet I never tell anyone where I am going. Not telling them hasn't anything to do with me thinking of them as an intrusion, I just go without thinking to tell them which is stupid but it doesn't occur to me to tell anyone. I just go.
I am not a huge privacy nut. I don't really care if people look into my backyard because there is only a chain link fence surrounding it and not a wooden stockade one. There's nothing that exciting about me, so I don't think too many people are interested, anyway.

So do I. It took a LOT for me to even create a profile here--hence, all the anonymity.



And that's why I was so hesitant. I never got a MySpace or Facebook page, either.



Notice my avatar?

I did the same thing when I was a GA for an online class. The professor posted her photo and mini-bio, and asked me to do the same. I was fine with the mini-bio (all "professional" accomplishments and interests--nothing personal at all) but used a set of scales to represent myself (and went on to explain why I enrolled in a Crim J program in the first place). Several students said they liked it.

So yes, I'd say that privacy is VERY important to me.

I guess I am private. I have been lurking at WP for many months and only recently became a member and had the courage to post. So accustomed to answering questions and or sharing information only to be told (by friends or family) that my opinions are not normal or appreciated. I try not to share accomplishments (such as finally completing college) because I am told that sharing information like that (even in normal conversation) makes me appear boastful. So I surround myself with talkative people, remain silent and allow them to say whatever they want even if it is total bs. It keeps me out of trouble and I am seen as a shy person - but I'm not shy!

Almost to an unhealthy degree.