 You're too closed off.
This is an issue that keeps getting brought up with my closest friendships. They acknowledge that things are probably fine, but worry the times I do have difficulty, they won't know and can't help as a friend. When people tell me that I'm too reserved. It's not that I'm hiding some dark secert from them, scared that I'd be rejected if I showed my true self. The only fear I hold is the belief that people close to me will realise that I'm already usually showing them myself.
Many introverts have a rich inner world once people get to know them. Therefore when people ask me to open up. I wonder if they're looking for that inner world. It bothers me to the extent that I end up hiding from close friends.
Looking to identify the problem and perhaps even a solution.
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