I think sometimes it’s hard and uncomfortable to be vulnerable with others
and sharing your feelings is one of the highest forms of vulnerability. Saying
‘I’m fine’ is so common nowadays because when you do admit that you’re
having a bad day, especially to people you’re not really close with, can invite
additional questions that you don’t really want to answer.
Sometimes you
just feel terrible and don’t have a particular reason for it so having people
question your feelings makes you feel like you shouldn’t be feeling a certain
way because you don’t have a ‘genuine’ reason.
I have a difficult time
expressing my feelings even to close friends mainly because I don’t want
people to judge me. It’s probably not beneficial aha.
I think home is more of a mentality. Home is where I feel completely comfortable and able to be myself. When I used to live in a shared house with strangers, I would think of my family house with my dad and my cat as home but now that I live with a bunch of friends, my current house feels like home to me.