It is very lonely living when no one around you gets who you really are.... when the great turmoil inside is invisible to everyone on the outside... and it can feel impossible to breach that divide... from either side. Lonely and false and hopeless. However... it needn't continue that way. There are tools here that can help you show your real self not only to yourself, but to others outside. The others here... members and health educators... are an understanding lot :/ we can listen without judging and help you practice finding a healthy balance. (Likewise, your working toward balance helps everyone here in our efforts as well). I don't see us as too prone to BS either... simple platitudes or whatever... just to be nice. What you get here is real. At least that has been my experience and is my continuing goal... to be real... inside and out... with myself and with others. We can ALL do this...