What emotion was most present when you first came out if the closet?

Question

i cried a lot but not of sadness more of fear if what their reaction would be.

so,what emotion was most present when you first came out?

Answer 1

i was scared and somehow excited,,

because before i felt like i was hiding who i was from people,,

and that just didnt feel right to me,,

so when i came out i was scared on how my life would change for that moment,,

but i was happy and excited to be able to finally show of my girlfriend,,

and be true to myself.

Answer 2

Relief that I found my way home from Narnia

Answer 3

Relief.  I've only come out to one friend but I led up to it for a couple of weeks, testing the water to find out how she felt about g*y people.  She was fine with it, it's never been a problem. I'm disappointed she's told her daughter and her daughters boyfriend, who are also friends of mine, but apart from that it went without a hitch.  And it was a relief to tell someone, although I don't have any intention of telling anyone else.

Answer 4

i was at bit scared of my friends reactions but when i came out i was so happy that i could be myself again.

Answer 5

I cried out of fear of rejection from my parents, but I also cried because I knew that hearing this was going to hurt them. And I did not want to hurt my parents.

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Answer 6

d**n, I have a lot of shoes.

Answer 7

Anxiety, again not knowing their reaction!  

Relief, that I can finally be myself and stop hiding.  

Answer 8

relieved

Answer 9

Ha ha to the Narnia Joke.

But to me it seriously bounced around from being anxious, to fear, to a possible relief.  

Answer 10

The first person I told, a few tears fell but not much.

Answer 11

Actually there never really was a closet. Most every one knew. The only one who didn't was one of my sister's and telling her was a piece of cake.  

Answer 12

I was terrified. I cried my eyes out in front of my parents and they just gave me that look like "your not my daughter anymore" Man it was miserable. They found out by reading my notes, and some things in the notes were sexual, and they read em in front of me, i was 14. I kept crying and I felt like I wasnt part of the family anymore.  

Answer 13

I wasn't the one who took the initiative to come out. My mom had found out by various sources that I was g*y so she asked me. I remember crying...I felt so ashamed at that time. It was definitely one of the hardest moments in my life. I couldn't say anything to her. She told me she was always going to love me and wasn't going to reject me or judge me but still it was so hard. I was still very confused about my sexuality so I couldn't tell her "yes mom, I'm a L*****n". But it's all good now, she's still kinda bipolar about the whole thing but it feels great to be myself and not feel like I have to hide anything from her.

I guess the emotion I felt the most was shame.